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New Zealand Tablet, 7 September 1911, Page 1747

Sir Joseph Ward on Tuesday afternoon informed the House that the Hon. Mr. Fowlds had resigned his position in the Ministry, and that his resignation had been accepted by the Governor. He said he regretted the severance of an esteemed friend. Mr. Fowlds had been in the Ministry for five years, and on no occasion had a cross word taken place between any of them. He acknowledged the ability and great public spirit manifested by Mr. Fowlds. *As friends we met, as friends we part, and friends we will always be,’ concluded the Prime Minister. The revenue of the Post and Telegraph Department of New Zealand, remarked Sir Joseph Ward at the letter carriers’ social at Wellington on Saturday night, was the highest of any country in the world in proportion to population. It exceeded £1,000,000 last yearequal to £1 per head of the population. Ninetysix and a-half million letters were- posted in New Zealand last year, and over 100,000,000 delivered. In addition to nearly 8,000,000 post-cards, 24,000,000 newspapers were delivered.