SIR J. G. WARD ENTERTAINED.
POLICY SPEECH PROMISED. (Br Telearash— Press Association.) Creymoulh,. January 14. Followers of tho Liberal party niet Sir Joseph Ward at a complimentary banquet at tho Victoria Tea Rooms. Over'three hundred were present. His Worship'the Mayor, Mr. G. E.. Perkins, presided.' ' Sir Joseph ..Ward 'received a • most' flattering reception, and ; . gave '• an . outline of .the doings ,of the Liberal .party. He .pointed out the different progressive measures placed on the Statute Book by that party aud stated that th'cy,.wcre not as prono to non-fulfilment of promises as were the present Ministry:' He drew a comparison between Liberalism and progro3siveness with Reformism and so-called progrossiveness.. Prior to tho last election tho present Government had made several ' promises and had never carried them out; Sir Joseph Ward made feeling reference" to ■ the' . late member for . the district, Sir Arthur Guinness, and said he hoped.that Mr. Webb, Sir Arthur's Buccessor. would do as much for the district, and the Dominion.as a whole as the late nicmber had. He announced that at an early daie he would deliver a policy speech in one of the cities, and there indicate the Liberal programme. In conclusion, Sir Joseph Ward said ho sincerely trusted that upholders of Liberalism would keen together, and hot become divided. If this was done the Lilwral banner would come into prominence very soon. ->'
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6
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225SIR J. G. WARD ENTERTAINED. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6
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