THE UNITED PARTY

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 1, 13 December 1928, Page 5

THE UNITED PARTY

DINNER to SIR JOSEPH WARD, i

PRESENTATION TO Mil OATY

WELLINGTON, Last Night

The Prune Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, was entertained to-night by the United Party at a dinner at the Royal Oak Hotel. The ol Railways, the Hon. W. B. llrverner, I>residedL On Sir Joseph Ward’s right sat M r A. E. Davy, organiser of thp United Party, who was the recipient of a locket frem the Auckland mem-. bers, the Minister of Health, >-«o Hon. A. J. rStallworthy, makmg the presentirtion. He also 1 handed Mi Uavy a well-filled wallet on behalf of the United members generally. Sir Joseph Wlard said the future path of the party wsmld not ho an easy one, hut he had no feluls as to the ultimate result. Njew [Zealand was a great country and he would not exchange it even for the Mother Country.

The Minister of Lands, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, made it clear he intended to prosecute a vigorous policy of land settlement. The Minister of Defence, the Hon. T. M. Wilford, stressed the fact that the aim of the United Party was to promote the growth of national i gcpd.