SIR JOSEPH WARD.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1923, Page 3

SIR JOSEPH WARD.

A WELLINGTON OPINION. ! SPECIAL TO GU AUDI AX. j WELLINGTON. March 10 ; Tlie “livening Post” hist evening joined in tins general chorus of laetion with which Sir Joseph Wards reappearance in the political arena has l>een granted. It is not alone an ex-Alinister of Finance ot long expeti-i once, the evening Journal says, alter eulogising the ' ex-Liberal Leader s ability and services, that lie will be welcomed now as an Imperialist of ; lii.,-11 ideals. His absence from Parlia- I ment for three years ha- enabled him to 'tudv polities from the outside. He h;.' been able to watch development , without the distraction of division hells, and it i- not too much to hope that this has given him a clearer vie" ot realities than is given to the politician who. from one election to the next, must think in terms ot votes It was perhaps not to he expected that Im would at once explain Ins position. . though his statement will he eagerly waited hv the whole country. It is to the electors of Tauranga that he is appealing, and to them he desires to make Ids explanation, hut the preliminary statement made yesterday should remove some of the fears of those who j are apprehensive of a dissolution and ! other untoward happenings should Sir { Joseph Ward’s candidature succeed.