VISIT tO CONSTITUENTS.
SIR- .1. WARD'S WARM WELCOME AT STEWART ISLAND. . . (Per Prea3 Association.) j TNVfiRCAKSILL, last night. Sir Joseph' Ward received a warm wejcomo to Stewart Island "• to : day, this being his first vis:*' since his return, from [ liii gland. All the residents turned out j to receive him. and the wharf was. lined with school children who joined m the welcome. ■ ' ; The Minister was only able to spend, a shoi-t time on- the island, a® he had to*. ; get back to Bluff to catch// the early j train -for Invevc-argill. tie gave a -short; ; address at the local hall, giving a brief outline- of Avhat he had seen m France. He, incidentally mentioned that Stewart I Island had! done its share by-sending 45 men to the front, which' was 13- percent. of thf total population of tlie island. . ( He said final victory was coming to I Great Britain and her Allies— that .was 1 certain. ...... The Rev. J. K. Mclntyre, m moving a. vote of thanks, referred tb/ Sir Joseph ■Ward's action m being responsible for! New Zealand giving a Di*eadriougnt to I I the Motherland. It was., the action of a. far-seeing statesman. He was brie oil* the 'greatest forces irii/the afilaii's'Tof . the Dominion, and Stewart Island was very thankful for 'his coming across, and .giving them such a slice o.ttt of his busy life. . ■■/■. ■ -■■:"- ; ..". ... . Tlie vote- was- passed by ncel&mjltion ; also a. vote of confidence m. Sir Joseph as member for the district. , t> _,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14480, 15 December 1917, Page 8
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248VISIT tO CONSTITUENTS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14480, 15 December 1917, Page 8
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