MINISTERIAL SPEECHES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 234, 28 November 1900, Page 2

MINISTERIAL SPEECHES.

P» FBttl 4HOOUTKM.) (few-ox, November ST. The Hon. J. 0. Ward addressed ft trga meeting at the Town H»U e> light. AfMr referring to the Paoine hole business sad other nutter* h* »enton to refer t» a number of minor •eforms he iattnds to make in eh* <tographio deptrtnwut, and touching m _ resent omissions in thereiiway SirilFndSsidchay had resulted euooess* <uU/ inasmuch at the rtvenae far lha April-October period had increased by £46,000, while for the asms netted he number of passenger* bad increase! by 385,000, Ht alee spoke in glowing terms of ah* nmofit likely to aoerue to the ottoaf from the working of the Poblio fftatth Acs. AaregardimtflaertieaibeeiMM* (.be ooloay and England, which an now in a very unsatisfactory ---•. imiMJ titiog the withdrawal of a ateaaMt iwned by the Union Oomptny, aha Government wee* trying to brio* about t better condition of aflWfi. Ibcrbt .raffia, he considered, should bt assisted in all poasibla ways, and the Oovtmment were ansjoui to eaoourage It by | giving facilities on railways, and by providing means of aoeaai to mm of the beanty apt* of the oentry. A* the oloes of his address Mr. Ward «*• Moordedan unanimous veto of thank* for bis address. Ho was afterward* entertained at a banquet by toe towns. people.