SIR JOSEPH WARD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 28, 30 May 1912, Page 5

SIR JOSEPH WARD.

AND AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, May 29. Sir Joseph Ward, in an interview with a Post representative, said that the question of ids entering politics in Australia had been under discussion between the leaders of the parties, hue it was necessary for him to say that no suggestion had hepn made of hir* taking part in Commonwealth politics. It was correct that representations had been made by men who were anxious that ho should enter the public life of Australia, but ho had not given a definite reply, and did not propose to do so at present, owing to ins connection with the imperial 'Trade Commission. Sir Joseph said that he was not prepared to make a statement just now, but he hoped to be in a position to do so in tfie course of a few days. Regarding the situation in New Zealand, he said that ho had previously stated that lie was not anxious to take an active part in the Parliament of this country. His personal friends knew that he was not going to act the part of a dog in the manger under any conditions. So far as the country’s politics are concerned, he had always been associated with the Liberal Party, and he had no intention of doing anything other than helping it along, conditionally upon its policy being sound and progressive.