UNITED PARTY
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
CAUCUS ON WEDNESDAY.
(Per United Press Association.)
Christchurch, May 19
In a brief interview the Hon. G. W. Forbes said that important decisions affecting the United Party would be made at a meeting on Wednesday to which all members of the party had been invited. Sir Joseph Ward had retired from office for purely health reasons, but be would remain in the House as the Member for Invercargill. Sir Joseph did not desire any Cabinet position with the new Government, his retirement from Ministerial office being final and absolute. MR MACDONALD’S MESSAGE SYMPATHY WITH SIR JOSEPH. (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, May 17. ■ In a telegram to Sir Joseph Ward, whose resignation as Prime Minister of New Zealand was announced on Friday, Mr Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, expresses his sympathy and regrets “that this means that we shall be derived of the benefit of your counsel and experience at the Imperial Conference. I earnestly hope this relief from the cares and burdens of office may soon lead to, an improvement in your health.”
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Southland Times, Issue 21087, 20 May 1930, Page 7
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