Sir Joseph Ward, Bart.
CIIiTTOrSED BY A CARP]!/! 1 BAG POLITICIAN. [I>KR PRESS ABSOMATIOi?.] AUCKLAND, This Day. Mr Poole, M.P.. in a pre-Sessional address at Ponsonby, refer ring to the honour conferred upon the Premi r. said that Sir Joseph Ward. co::l 1 not call himself a ..democrat any longer. He (Mr Poole) had no tir.ie for hereditary titles, and tli ught Sir Joseph Ward had made the blunder of his lifetime in accepting a Baronetcy. He thought we should have an Hercditai-y Titles Prevention Bill. As a matter of fee' he did not belieive Sir Joseph Ward intended to come hack _ and stav here. If Sir Joseph' resigned his" seat, it would be quite possible for Sir J. Finlay to win Aiwai'ua. There were all sorts of reports concerning other men, but the .position was so mixed that everything seemed upside down- v.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 July 1911, Page 3
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144Sir Joseph Ward, Bart. Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 July 1911, Page 3
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