PRIME MINISTER RETURNS
A HELPFUL -OH'OOTI-ON. ' '-' Tlio Kigbt Soil, W. F, M ; ass:oy tPm'mb' Mifitster) returned to Wellington last , evciiiiis alter an extended tern- Ui tho Auckland district, aver a .gPSa.t part ofwliiol) lie- was- aeeomiwmod : by' tJio lion, W, H, Her-fios itiid tlift Hon. Dr. IVfiuaro. Althsttgli lie lifts clofttt SOmp. bai'd travelling since lie left Wellington,. Mr. Mftsst'i? has distflictjy bcjieiitocf ki health. ' - ~ -..■-. In ivlie cois.rsfj of their tour t{io anwits lie-rs of the Ministttiai jiarty iyoi'e frp-qi-icnt-ly called upon-, by tlio pcoplo, in the various centres visit-od, to 'ikltver.short addresses, A nrtablo cs-awple iu tiii« cvtcgOT , }' was WaiJii, ivji.ero tiij? Prhnd aiiuiste attdi-esscd it meeting o.f soiticwliero botTOcn a thitr-saiid and luitidtfid' of tho , citizens Ksidtelrtin the district-. It was noted as,, -n ■reMiarkable eireunistaneo that fvomiho beftimiiiift to tlio cikl of Mr, Sia.ssej's speech not one single liestite..i»it©rjcq-. Tien was attwet], atul-a- vote β-f -eortftcknee in the Govenirosnt Wfljs- cwrici : inianimflHsly. Aslted whether, lie uitepfM to reply ; to tho slweelißs recently delivorod by ■the Leader of the -Opposition a.ml soifto of his li-eiitenafflts, Jtr. Jfassey sn-M tjisfctic tittentled to address some .po'liti.eat lacatiftgs before long. "Rut as fftr as they have gone, 5, he ncldedj eoilskkr -. timt Uiß Oiiijos.ii-.ioii speochos la,ve beeit 'Very &>ot) speeche.S"-:ioi: list" To a further qnesti-oii, tlio Prime Minister replied that he was qiure satisiteil that a largo mrtjiwitj , <)f the peaple of tlio co-untry approvekl tho .ll'gislatie-n ■ and aclmiiiistration of the present ernnieiit, 'Phere was no doubt in ilii.s. mind ;:bont tlftt-. Tlio country, he sulded, was .partieiitarly' prosperous rrt tho preset, time. W:s toji.r h« foiuid tlii> sritioTs in the various <&<• trifrts Well satisfied with the oiltldpk, iir-td i|i ufiad spirits. This was nOtaWy tiw case iil tlio tiny of Plenty distav.pt., svliioh, in liis (.ipiiijon, had a fiwat fwttife .a-lioatl of it. . ■ . Tlio. I'rimo Minister will remain i;u Wriliimtoii foi- a week of ten dftys, in. cirdoF to -o-vei'laike .iifrears «rf : Dty)4i*» inn«ia] tiisfnoHS. Afterwards lie "ill visit the SoiftTi Island,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 5
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332PRIME MINISTER RETURNS Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 5
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