The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY MONDAY, JULY 8, 1895.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10353, 8 July 1895, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY MONDAY, JULY 8, 1895.

A fthr an absence of a little over fonr months, the Hou. J. G,. Ward has returned to New Zealand, arriving ( at Auckland yesterday. * He <wme "in. ofte of the Canadian mail steamers, which trade between Vancouver and Sydney, tht vessel being 1 permitted on this' occasion to call at a rorthem port to. land the Colonial Treasurer in this colony. When it was mentioned at the beginning of^he year that the Hon. Mr Ward was going to England, the Question -was aake'd-^'' What Is the Colonial Treasnroi goinjf-to i; do'la' Londpn?" andjin'Ap'ril last the question, was 7< put— -" What} 'is Mr Ward, doing ?" A't'one'df'h'is meetingtf, Captain Rnssell suggested,, in reply to a question put to him by some one present, that perhaps V the Colonul Treasurer was skylarking." Mr Ward arrived Home just before the Easter holidays, when business was partially suspended in London, owing to persons going out of town or on to the Continent. Mr Ward spent his Easter holidays in 'Paris, and as his movements were. cabled out, that was the raqson, we sup'po_se, .Onp tain Russell considered our Colonial Treasurer was "skylarking." There wa9 no reason why Mr Ward shoul 1 no; have enjoyed himself when in Engluml ; and he, has shown since then tjia' his visit to London has been more for v patriotic object than for his own personal gratification. Once Mr Ward started on the business connected with the colony he never ceased until he had carried his point, and although others, might have assisted him in . raising the three per cent, loan under the " Advances to Settlers Act," it was his ; • ptfigenca in . London, and the ■peeches he delivered, which caused the loan to be so successfully floated. The reception Mr Ward leceived from tho members of the Londdn^Chambor of Commerce, when he explained to them the " self-reliant" principles" on which the New Zealand Government policy was based, must have been very gratifying to him. As the British Australasian sat 8 : — " Mr Ward mounted the'platform like an eager gladiator, with obriotisly every confidence of being able n to 'give a good account of himself, and-/ we >baY« heard very little dissent from the opinion that he succeeded to admiration ,in placing tbe policy of his department in a clearer, and far fairer, light beforo what Disraeli irreverently jelled "that great lubber,- the s JJnti^h,. public." To our thinking, there was not much of the X about the repreientative gatherings 'whom Mr "Ward has addressed" "during "the past seven flays; but the rrian must be a > lubber,' indeed, - 'who • listened to the ,New Zealand's Treasurer's, effective and explanatory addresses .without feeling that in the main tha . colony , is on the right-track, and that where there "may be differences with respect to so-called 1 socialist ' legislation, "even the letter's failure in -some directions- could - not seriously affect the colony in the-pafch of self-restrained andself-reliant finance to which she has steadily adhered daring so long a period, and from which she Bliows rio^igna^f deyiijtipg,' und'sr Mr Ward's rlgfrne;";. At that meeting^Mr A. Siemens seconded' the vote of thaaks to Mr Ward, which had been previously moved by J Sir George Gre/, sayipg when ne did so that our Colonial 'Treasurer had <l supplied a valuable addition to their knowledge of the ' colonies '' Mr Siemens is no doubt' a member of the firm which is making such a splendid offer to New Zealand to work the ironsand. At the Koyal Colonial Institute Mr Ward made another very able speech, and after completing his work in England he left for Ontario, where he has had several interview* with-the Ministry of the Canadian Dominion. Mr Ward arrived in Auckland on Sunday, and waj presented with-an address, congratulating him on the successful termination ef his mission to England and Canada. The Colonial Treasurer, stated be had not time to give any lengthy reply, being anxious to proceed to Wellington, but he enjoined the Liberal party at the coming city election 'to sinking-personal differences, otherwise they would be beaten. ■ Mr Ward is to have a public' reception given him in | Wellington on his arrival there on Wednesday, aud in the' evening will be t entertained at a banquet which is to be accorded him in honor of his refcnrn. It is then we may expect to hear of Mr Ward proving very conclusively that he -has - not been wasting his time " skylarking," a 9 he is in- a position- to show that the work he' has accornpliihed will be of great benefit to New Zealand for years to cornp\

Mr FredUerinett, o£ liou'dori,'will give a billiard entertainment on the White Hart Hotel' table tovflighV''The resumption of work at the Mokau coal mines is a matter of the near future, as Mr C. W. Govett, •who is acting for the English syndicate who have taken the mines over, has received a cable that a*' member of the syndicate .'has left England for here,< and on his arrival arrangements will at once ba made to open and work the mines, ' . The following!, Sohopl, Committee has been, elected for. the Wurea district:—" Messrs H.'Corbekt, J. . J. Elwin,' E, Aylward, J. Simpson', ' J. Burgess. Mr Corbett was elected chairman. The. anjamfcjera ',o£ thp ,Egmont Lodge of Oddfellows; are' requested i to attend Lcdg9 thisjevening. Business important. —Wif' .Bennett^ secretary. — Advt. -5 Mr Bewley reports, the jjale of Mr Hopkina' 100 acre'farm, Ko^u, tdr'Measrs Rowen Bros., otOantorbury;"The. many ..fjieuds. , #£. Mr ..Edward Nicholas -Smith', 'eldest teen of Mr E. M. Smjth, M.H.&i, -wl\V regjret to" Hear of his death, which took place on Saturday night at his parents' residence; Devon-street East.? The deceased had been an invalid i £or some tiinoirom the effects of an accident, which occurred some years .ago. • Ho 'was a general favourite amonga host of frionds,and his early death at the age of thirty-one will be regretted by one and all. Mr E. M. Smith and Mrs Smith have received messages of condolence and sympathy trom the Premier, Hon. J. McKenzio (Minister ,of Lands), and Hon. A. J. Cadman (Minister of Kailways). The funeral will take place at 2.30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. We have received the statistics of New Zealand, for ,1894, parts L II and 111. complied from the Registrar Gonoral's official report 3. Mr J. W. F. Ilalcombe, says the Star, left Feikling on Friday en route for the United Stated, where he will for the future reside. We wish him every prosperity. ,