Schmidt, photo. The Right Hon. the Premier, Sir Joseph Ward, is due to reach Auckland on September 30 (Thursday), per H.M.s. Challenger, after a rapid and meteoric visit to the Home Land. Sir Joseph’s reception in England clearly marked him as the most prominent figure at the Imperial Defence Conference. The offer of a Dreadnought naturally focussed all attention on New Zealand, and the moral effect on British imagination and sentiment was much greater than the public of the Dominion perhaps realise. The Premier received an overwhelming reception from the British Imperialists, with whom by common ties of sentiment and ideals he is in strong sympathy. It only remains for the Dominion now to complete the record of an historic visit by giving Sir Joseph a brilliant and enthusiastic welcome. The illustrations show one of the later types of the Dreadnought and the Indomitable, the reception of Sir Joseph at Dover, the House of Parliament and the Tower, London Bridge, the Challenger and the War Office in Whitehall.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 13, 29 September 1909, Page 18

Schmidt, photo. The Right Hon. the Premier, Sir Joseph Ward, is due to reach Auckland on September 30 (Thursday), per H.M.s. Challenger, after a rapid and meteoric visit to the Home Land. Sir Joseph’s reception in England clearly marked him as the most prominent figure at the Imperial Defence Conference. The offer of a Dreadnought naturally focussed all attention on New Zealand, and the moral effect on British imagination and sentiment was much greater than the public of the Dominion perhaps realise. The Premier received an overwhelming reception from the British Imperialists, with whom by common ties of sentiment and ideals he is in strong sympathy. It only remains for the Dominion now to complete the record of an historic visit by giving Sir Joseph a brilliant and enthusiastic welcome. The illustrations show one of the later types of the Dreadnought and the Indomitable, the reception of Sir Joseph at Dover, the House of Parliament and the Tower, London Bridge, the Challenger and the War Office in Whitehall.