SYDNEY’S FUTURE.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1926, Page 3

SYDNEY’S FUTURE.

sul JOSEPH WARD’S VISIT. The following appeared in a recent issue of tin? Sydney ‘‘Daily Telegrapli.” "Sydney is going to be the greatest city in the Southern Pacific; greater than San Francisco will ever be,” said Sir Joseph Ward. M.P.. ox-Prime Minister of Now Zealand, in an interview.

"1 was bore a year ago.” be said, ‘‘and the first tiling which struck me Ibis time was the great development since then.

“I went to have a look at the bridge construction this morning, and I will go over the city railway before I leave. Those two works will mnke a wonderful dlference. You are making a fine city.” As to politics, Sir Joseph said things had been very quiet in the Dominion since the elections. He could not speak with authority for any particular party, as he belonged now to a party of one—himself. When the Liberal Party was beaten T?) by the National Party be carried on alone under the old name, and was elected. ‘‘But the first session, which commences on June 16th., will be interesting.” lie remarked. *‘And I will be back in time for the opening.”

Speaking of the forty-four-hour settlement, he said that- if most of the industries decided to work the fortyfour hours in six days, New South Wales would then be on the same footing as New Zealand, where eight hours work oil week-days and four hours on Saturday is the general rule.

Sir Joseph is to spend a few days in Melbourne before returning.