Mr Ward's Reception .
Ward". is not fortunate in in> gpiring genuine public enthusiasm, The •» social " send off he received in Dunedin on the eve of his departure from the colony was a dismal failure, and the reception and procession to day (Wednesday) on his return waa even more frosty than the weather. The crowd about the landing place was fairly large, bufc there was ho enthusiasm or spirit shown, and the procession resembled nothing so much as a fourth-class funeral.. There was a practically entire abienoe of representative man, and" especially of the business %nd mercantile community. The expresses s»ere, when not empty, filled principally by small boys. Tho otreets were very sparsely lined, and there was not the slightest enthnsiftsm displayed by the general public. Mr Ward's carringe passed almost withont recognition. , Opwpn.ved with the r«septioaJ» accorded toltfrd Onslow and tio.M "61a#w, this function wfes an utter and complete failure, ihe Trade Societies were Fcnrfcely represented, a few %kers a ndl tailor* only being in evidence. — Post,
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Manawatu Herald, 13 July 1895, Page 3
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168Mr Ward's Reception. Manawatu Herald, 13 July 1895, Page 3
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