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'^I^NEW'^E'AJLA^D^'AND^THE^EMPIRE.^rV *|isiß:-iio|Bi^;;^PL^^o:;;His^ ;■ {'assembled ■'pVj^SJSttob ( to. "witness. tKe' oSJarrivalVof/tto^rimVrMinister':.(Sir. f Joseph ?■ Ward, : upph- their : ei- V.retutt'i-fr'oitiAEngland, ;v timig.bofdre' ■'a: v rush --for' jv^i.p'laces^on..itho?;platform,:/Uutl : iOnly -i» -limited «;: BUe'(i'.'at' J .'th^,''instance,'.'bf' ■Vkcwer' e Vajlmttted.,v:Owing^^^'to.-'th'e-closing-off the ■ ■;: ; ';'.': v.tb,;m>ef..friends-;, a'rnying-,',by- ; ;tho jcaW'.were :■ : '.'. v tippets- co'iildtbb: obtained.; ..Disapppinthienfc'iw'a's :i. ..'also jfAW '■later' .by'; many. ,who,:: by some means 'i'::.3f,' another, , , had 'gained admittance'.to the 'plait-'-V. -S'r form,.. 'a'Sjthey.;.fpun'd'.themselves ' np better -off ,7-v;. than •;ttoseVlvho"-.wer6 .not allowed within th 9 .'■ .pro'cihets';of the. ; sta : tipn,', ; for "just .prior , .'to .'the ';..;; . -arrivalvof ;tHe\traini : ..pnly7.thoso. : who' , had been■ u ■'epecially... invited ;,werb'' granted/access - t'b v 'the ; -V; easterbn end.' of'= the'/platforin where-'the >Minis- ■ •.;,:':: terial : :cari < iagb, ! %,the. front of, the '■V: f train,''drew,up.. :.To-law-abiding: citizons-J-ahd | ':■;;'..rtverybpdy,present. appeaf ed' -to-: belong to '.the. :.-'-..class-- the of: as mpnypolice. officials ,;'H:Was,':as-on - .tho | .pccasion.of..'Sir. Joseph's deparS;;ture,:; the-'subject -bf ■. a' good, : 'deal 'of, adversb s^.comhiient:;: ~-i:y; '&':: : :.'S. .'.-.■•'.■.. i.;.■■■•;:■ -'.i. : .i.;:i.::Ailinbng/those , , present -were : Couiu!iilor 'J:' R ■.:.'-:-:'lMe,^irM:-';>aeV'dßj|^te^- ; ..; Newmah) : ih his■ nhavoidable' absence to H'cl-, '■• ; :;<*me>Sir Josebh'-andj.party m .their 'feturii\ i : : ,pn.-|Dehalf ( ,of.:thts xitizcnsr'-ahd.'"C'ourlcilloH' , ;.;Fletaheri Fitzgerald. and "Ca'rv ' .'■' Aichael,- '..the.-'Hbns.'auke," "EpughnanVi.Mills;. v ■ - : " ; SSS n £WV, >Baldley,;:Jenldnson i i ana' :.:'^f?Cqllins,,.;Mr:'^Ti- M.V., ; members' ': ' °l :various;>lbcal :.institutibas,, and" prbmitfentJ .;, '/.civil .Bervants/'together .with their' wives'.- ..From-' ;.:;Aiwkland 7 Sir : and-. partv.:had ;beb'acMs! Sed- : v" "S^^'.S "Seddbn-/ Messrs.-J:;Hislop ;ihd /.;4:^'?v:MattheWs.(pnvate,i-socretaries) ( -and-jrrsv, - thp.Hons. J; 'Carroll,- J. vi ; te a fd.tG. i .Fpwlds;;w'hilst;atotaki the- othofi ■ ; ■~ Aumsters of the erpwn-rwhohad.'been unable;-to >; v^Tisvt'..the:,iiprtherni city,;'joined:;the-itrain.'-'^' : --- ■' '■■ ; '^r^V^l?? 1 :^^ e -^ il >^ h ' fch l :ivas half?an ■■ 0 -^"? 5 . 6 -partyrwere then-for; several. ■h'|^^ons ; .their. ;s&,.nM"n? '.V; *« e^?! s0 ; £w. : -, w .ard ■-arid,VJJfss-:.Waid. r" -V ; "-4^V :^^ P W^t,:p^thb;,large::cro : i« '«thv'rtaM ! i to '&V~tW ..station,:.the. addresseslwereiaeliTered-bn'' ,v-f% i"'?%«i^:Nptwith S tandiiig vtSX^cbn wsssam

; -vS^ft*?J^P?V s ? a . re 4''toWdevelop'.:Sie' ■ ;■ Iri^'S^^ tykl-l. ™s, .in]? 8: opiniin; : ---1? *K a'^vJ , -'-'^ fe^ c ? ■'- ™'.»« :question.Vas. should. ieaerate -wit" .H^^K a l ia ''vTt?,;Vote-that-;twas^subsequenfly ! : •* pte^'^f^.???:; ,,, «gnated; .ypuncillor Luke) there ;was recently, takenHlia ymhal. step, which:^t s'etSg' V 0 a , : cou,erenco vto, consider;., the idefences-of-the ; ..•:f ■npire.wl ,haye;;no.;hesitaKo ,u: ip? eSsiSg- .- that,you-i:were;\thbv strohgest-'and -3^.}j^moi the-Dominion,::andit^felt : n:^Bbi;::feeJ;caU:-rt; ; -cheers,were;.gven^for;Sir 'Joseph/aftei'wS ■ ; fel *"* &* ■: f «.'- 1L Miss Wttd,' ; :\'w;; ; /:.;1 , .-; ,--: ; ; ; --.--; ; ii|-> I MJE?M f N I?T ER i-1N :'r ERLy ■! ■>'' ; Luke,.;>hO;,was;present'. ; in .come^lßoh.hehttd.extended: to Lady Ward H MJS3,:Ward,;uand;himselrVon behalf-oTth^citf^ : -- S^^^^^ a -u^ o:luMowUd ß«" the r . lemarks .which ; -hadv.been'.made :ih Regard to ; ! 'He :> had ,S '- ; 0,1^!?'^ 11 ■ 12 ■%fiqnntryv,and;-thepeopl^of-.■■•tiqn..,-in i .. tnev-ipist ;:by;;one; whoihad" Jpassod ,that;at,-;(;he ...time vof-.the .South 1 -African v-War vtflat.statesman.twhb was.distinguished for force , .v s?' character, sfor .the' '■■ $? a #r - : : a 3ast .' ; i .Jßy..so;doing,:Mr..;Seddonihad..'made'a stait in ..developing, the. .ties ;dt : ¥inship;.»wh'ich'. had- told -.m, .tale: ; :and J dpn'e:;.av i yast:.;amount -pf v - good; :^work,^e y- «. a ' shad Noticed, in' .: tnis- regard ■that-.there. were .a', (few ."people" who ..dofle.r.AVeU,.he didinoti.wish W-. be'egotisticar ;:;anduwas-not;.going to, blow -His ;own.trumpet. ,'He,would,vhowevet;-Ijke.td.sayjihal,: iSte ; t;ppinion,not,a;few-.of those :,vrho-had adversely^ .i; knowledge that.w.as ■lamentable. ; :.. >.':••,";;.;,.-'..- V- : -' ';:V'f i;* ;r '^Unjaite;]; ConferJnceV-jrv. •^'J^w.-(nS-;MnHnued)/a' ; Bmg'iie''-conffl'rence ; - ;: anVhistqncal vconferenCe ;*•'&: ■ of, f act, y"VvTf/'it™ , -: tost"; conference 'a.t--which- renre- .;; Btatatives of :;'all >the ■■■-■**ttssea .the Antiestipn -;6f.Bthe'■; defence of -■the jfeyP^^^&'^f'rSPresentatives-of .-the United vKingdom.ThiSjconfirlpnceJhadrtd-lay-.the bSe : ; .O^hich,.;;would::;be< : .builtV' ; ,^g«b? ; tke-^amßg.;.cpriiUtioiia';relatiigvtb'-'id(f. , ;;expect,that. i atfita.T-inception the co'hferenie phonld'Vjcompleto.y i o;,.,wdrk,; which *might/ take ; ten : .orj-fafteen^ears;Was 4 to-Keipect 'what, was S^rS^ Ordering .the* S -the.outcome, of .the conference must, excepting thought i *n<l Vpartev P f / Vhicfoi ~hna..asrccd,on one, common object~the°ln ;.' .shoivh. -tl e oiitsK d'Vbrlll :that:the ■■:*?%!!*■ V|!""P- tc.bo allowed;to iight.the'battlei MtS-.-.desiro.vto.-establish.,,its- naval, fairly. sno,:crtu (lvsecv;that beforevlonß-Nw ZcMnm in ; ;theidefenco'■of the.lmpta' would ,-l.e :..)mlertakt,.ri.vby 'tluv establishment of : .for -';the: :southDrri::'6eas; .JP«ft; "li whjct. ifet't■.-would.:be in/ the'Parifio

■■fi^K*t»tl»AChinaV : etabon, i .atid-'Mrt; in-New .Theso wuld >be-tHe-nuolous-of*a naval, forM..Thich(Wqu]dnpt;he:ad«tabhmont, ;bnt »n-;.attachment l .;ta-tho:great British Navy. New,Zealand;now stood in apo'sitibh;in> which .fc9ould-_do.-a: ]j great : dealr-a; position- -which ; of^ h f-e?; o V;tl>:oftheworld. ; S»nifT? P - P^ f -'-'^J !eß Hnd ;wore -not -going tV w «," . th < s -> o P< ! >° f Britain .taxed f?^v ? ;K te s ,o^ of 4°.-Dominion. , They-be. & ,fctfu e : hm £M ; .B<* '■"""a when' nS»H d^do^, I^-not . s ° .much-.as. the ■fe 'whicn ; musV U 3 -Jti 0 ; '^-W■■■of 'any other: Power. W n > fomitry, : (-o-,r041[, that lay.ih their I'^ft^^^^'.-H'Swtwrrijr^-tfo.-Bi'itf.h.

■•iv:--VV^' f .';'K»'' , ..B>m»h'- : ';NavV; Failed-?::":. ' ;; _" ,«o,v Zealand in rthe,event of anythine eoibE wrong .\nth:.the.British.Navyr'SfrasS ' olass ' thb fne. people.iof all, classes—realise what itiroWlH §!l£? SfV'' ? hro^- iaj?gin g lbehina-in:the .matter, pt.keeping .the.Navy, abreast, of •the % a %- a <lSr I W-<*:tt in/avtet went down! (A A-pice: ( We must never. aUbwit.) If would mean ; destruction.-and -a sot. ha* for SSny E J V s S, h - as i; n S , oae PonW-foresee. '. (Hear, mJ -) u ih f e had laWy.:been a" good.dellof talk about unemp oymenr,. but if the British tailed, inst&d : o f ahapdful of men being unhappily unalile tosecure work°n Ne* /Jealand .vrteh .times were uot ; .bright, .it would be found■ that 100,000. wotld be woAless in' country -Thosewho had. been able to give em! fTT ln - th< V lA be unable t° cbn- •- r°Vk 0 -'- ?°; I 01 ! -no money would.be coming ghaf|p|t:^ re^wS ;S|»ty z S^S.^-: h'Vt • t^2 K ' l - t ( s¥'^sloribts , -thing,to ibok f fi°Vr st??!lltloDS '* the l!mpire, : - and feel.- that,it;.was;8 jgreat .thingjld ,b'e 'attached- 1 to.such.agreat Empire.-and-to form one of the .nations', underwits Hag.: (Applause.)-., •■■,-"' I

;,;■;• MUsii'BeJNoaagflmg Behind;' /.;; and,a]ihtle.roileotion;w-eregiven'eipressi6h tobV ?°"!S;, W<m ■ !«Me the ' <Tuty.- 01. !n;m",l}l.l<:.positi?ns,. i as,well as.that of -those . i m>privi»te..cMacities,.by,ia process of education -to.ciuisetsuclwpeople to realise the value of the of. the,: : Miiipir e ' to .which;.thev -belonged'■■ Upon -sod! ,Mp,.leV-tb>;. fact:- that oltored ; ,conditions from- continued ,grortth^as.had. beeu^mphasisea,; fbr r iiistanc ß V by:the leading:statesmen on .both sides ,of noli'' 'j cs Home-:indicated .clearly that there should- befno. lagging,, behincl ;in regard.'to -the ; of'the.fifst .line 'of defence which' ..was.necessaVy.for-_the. preservation of ihe naYti ß, A''t% ,n - t -\^S ps ' itsiia e. and'its King.' ;(Loud.vhpp,W.) |I ,.!r ; he:,people of -.the;-Empire were, now-bound to, do.more than they lad ,-done .in jthe .pastrif' ; it- was going to' continue .to .maintain, the; high. , and . glorious', position } d^^^ e nations. , .The altered ■conditions to yrtnph he.referred were .present no^oniyin the Old Land, but also.in'all paits. of; the .Empire,, including .New Zealand. ■tjpon .the conclusion.of a conference which , , haa to-' ;deavoured ,'to. : establish :β-jjrstein of ; defend winch would liest, secure the protection of »verr F"h- Empire,; surely no-one was. going : enonglrto..try : and. find fault in ;"?, ar 4,,. to .twopenny-halfpenny.matters, of destfoneest■ cofee ■Jros mot.-tp' be led 'aside flippant ■ re- "■ marks, AtaWteii- localni^,-but .to,assist . : ?, a7 gate-protection'even in ..unrealised' directions..■ ~■■ ■■ v. j i v-., : ; ,^;i,r,;The:Pacific.-v'■,',:;.,, y;- : [ ; .j',' V;The>people of 'the Old Land '■ were now: tKor- ; -ougMy : awakened' to : ; the: potentialities o{ - the' lr a norft ;,, S IC rt wo , u . ld >r in the-opinion-of-sonie S : !w 6 if heatre of f "ture important; With the enormous extensions that ,were ,in -the countries.' around the *aciiic,; New Zealand■ would :have -a right > to be proud;of the fact -that it had provided the .flagship ; fpr: the China .station. -. tfhere would ,-be .stationed here" :eeven ships,. including , two crmsors: of, a better,class than, any -that had beoa seen >re before., l^: was- a good thing .- to .-realise. : in .connoction'-ivith, what New Zea- , ' t ?n u d 'S aS dolng to ' l " ar < ls strengthening the Bri- ■' i: ■wi7V S^-L^P^'? l statesmen - not only, . a SfM,that ; the Dommion was entitled to these -vessels, .but ft e -poin? ? of :I le^of- tlie ,:6trategical guarding -the ■Pacifafc .it was a, good thing that this country .'should have them.. The, new would visit New! Zealand in- 1912, when the poS here would°Zn take up its.quarters here;' While there wis : room lor legitimate differences of opinion al to the value of ..the proposed scheme, one conld 'MM Irv n &- ' W sdm" 'm»-''v/?! lb « rr a w . ; and king : miecalculations - . :Not _ mfrequehtl r .;ae9e-.;-had .made ' by 1 people.who professed-to have the welfare of tae Empire:at .heart as much' as anybody ;else.' it .was-.mean and, contemptible,- dndits object was-m order, to try and stab-the representa•K^') I .' = OU °W» iustbecatise. he happened S.H& ■ " ;,fl i B i k be; a: . P rc Per. v time■ to.'okpatiate, in'.regard -to matters of the kind, But ne. would not do so. on .that, occasion. :- ■

The' Auckianrf Reception. : ■ '_ ,:. Had', those present ihappenei to have been inAuckland ontbe previous day: they would have ?S e^ a s d^ e -. c o#";only : - smile" at the attempt" -that-had:been t made on'the , part of some people to -#count the .real -facMO.OOO -.peopfe °en-' thusiaatically:receiving thoir-representative at tie..conference, quite, apart from .the' fact : whe- ; ther,,ithey ajrtcd : ;,with his" ; p6litical Tiews or m Pt-."..1he .grand, reception to .which .he-''had: , ' ,reterred showed a -recognition of the-fact that 'Whatever.;the.outcome of the cdhfeforice. he had at,all :event S; ;tr>d :tp ..do4is; Very .best,',vhS was what. ho;.could assure, them he had done: (A.™!'?:,, ''You did-weU,").:When one-foiina nkii'°S? - " ?v" rn l stl , ch ' -?> :liile <lemohstratiori, f ana- then, there took : place:, a miserable 'and cpntemptible,effort by.ispmelpeople-in-bt press representatives-rtp try. to. discouht, it/well, oil ■he, could say was:,"Have pity on 'them because tUr intellect -must,'oe of aSfeVior i yPJ-%. Applause.). SirJoseph-weiit. '.that l it.:was..V;three..months.and. fourteen days since;he. left -New.T.Zea and. '(Voiced ' "cZa ■H^ > Faulthe.^-Go^yblery^ I!e !i ew^ d . land, he continued,; stood ..in a good position in he eyes of he, outode world. .Hewould life to- say: to..aU : the 'people, :.BothV.tliose who had :lthpse s who had.sm'aU.4nterests, that whilst, he; was ,in 'London,'besides', acting, as their, srepresentatiye.-.at! theVNaval Conference; ■h^haa^emable;to; v assist {hem in:other-wali vain K ?^ d r\ e wf — ' 9 - bB : ° l -considerable ,value,both;tp theresidontsof the.tbwn and .the^ountry..districts... ' It, wolild- be. for his •brother-members and -himself ti' put into pf ac-' which he had just ■ i ;! b ■''■Why 'Sesiiptivwas : .postpp ; neii. : : ".'-Z - !H?, uhde'rs'tb.od,.that. a session, of ParUament ■wouldv-start, next ThurSday--(Laughtor)-a?d-he would lie to say <to. those who the, sessionjd">uld,not have been postponed-that if they will only make themselves believe ■ that •u' Hon , s , e ,£as.,iri-.point of fact reaUy- been ?lt l , i°F'w l $** how soothing wno-declarcd that it wasa wron'c t&inc forthe o l-arliament'-to be postpoLd" jg £ e hed to .address t a;,few, further - remarks. *ho.-thoughtout see'lne unfairness,■ -to : put it, mildly;; ofithe-.suggesiion that, he the parly-which had just been, returned, to power>.aWa suwessM election,, and .in t yiew;of mustbe -the: subject of criticism with a recoi-' strucbon. of,: his: Ministry, among other S bihtics) : ? hould,leave whSthe went away■ on the- mission cpnoln'dcd.,;• Could they'have expectedl under the circumstances i.n,his say! -lam, through.force of; circumstancesroins to & Ve ,£ o t / vgu.think 6 pSK Hardly I -.; ; To have;■ done-Jsuch a : thing would: have been grossly improper and unfair; not "n'rv-^.hwi-colleaßn&.in.^the^iniitry'.-ena- 1

. Ready, for -the "Fray., V; "•■'.' : In : conclusion {he iwould liko to 'sav ' that' hn w shed MMkwmt* the. 'tinuliness of ■the allusion.v.to- Lady. ■ Ward.and Mi,s Wardi ■ Thw had'.travelled a . oneway and:at a.rap d ;ratT and' Uaymejtt! . hV;best' of health; SS t\*\r. }PP' the y' n»d' seen, many Now-:Zealandori abroad;-, say that in the .course of his travels ■ he had avoided .'anythinK in tlifi way.-of;boasting about New Zealand; becausl good wine.required no.bush. New Zealanders.were.to.be-.foundrniany of them in OTod.positionsT-wherever,one went; whether it be'.-'at !Home,'Jin Amelica, at Honululu or in | hB Til 9 -;' aVOIIiD f ; *. 'SJ"" S r one deal •fit, Now -Zealand, every Wew Zea'went;; abroad' never forgot the i P 1 «-.'.e?/J-. , Siin. : Wrth and his association with pno of the-most beautiful countries of the world." "I coiiiti. b'aolc in good trim " he ndded tl :''and ,I.am % .{|ulte.'Teady .for-the frdy,whatevor it'may -.be. -1 -will; tab ;mr .part, and

it will.-be- ■and'injpaTty to do.the .bestwe can for.-the' Dominion as a whole.' , , (Applause.). ■ .■: .. ..;. ■-'..;,."■■.;■. ;. SPEECH.-; OUtSIDEvTHE' SmrON.;: ; Aftor ifnrther. "cheers ¥ati''.been. given,• -Sir Joseph i.and party.wefe .escorted -liy ■numerous friends -to -j-tUejr- carriage, where '-the -Prime ■Minister, delivered'a -.short "speech. 'dn 'the course'of,his- remarks, he. acknowledged : the Kindly, teelinK;.whiph. had .prompted so .many W-B.Ovdpwn-.to-the.station ;tb .welcome them. Amid daughter, he: declared hid Aine-■fl™'-so/much as'.the, rcsiilt of-the trip, that he aidn.t. believa/ihcrcould ibe.'.-.held- ■.during, the ■ n(, *tj^w'mpntb.s.ViSihce the moment .that.he .landed at. Auckland'-'(ho.•continued)-'.he had received;.the heartiest wolcomes 'oh every haiitl. could-not forget the' magnificent .•'reception Jvhich> had; been/accorded him in. this northern .city. .Then/again.Vs'iii'ce 7 o'qlobk; that.nior'nihg ;he hhd been, the .recipient of addresses, from the people-of■ Ohakuiie whilst lady Ward, and . Atiss Warjd had been presented with ;quitea.iinmher-bf %puqu'ets.\ It-was Bratifring lor mm to find-that during His absence they had',don.e their.best, and ho.could assure ,them that in-the interim that was what he.ha'd tried to - do. - - ( Applause.) > Sir Joseph: added ;■ "I .am glad t6 • see you: all ■ again: .for the present, \ 'an revbir.'"-.- ■; .•:'.".' ~..;'•'... . ... As- Sir. Jo'soph; and,-parly left the , -statipn there.' was -spine: 'farther cheering. ' '• '. ;