SIR JOSEPH'S ROUND TRIP.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 490, 5 October 1909, Page 3

SIR JOSEPH'S ROUND TRIP.

Sir Joseph Ward, in the course of an interview t said that, leaving New Zealand as he did on the 18th June, he had in the short space of 102 days encircled the globe. Out of that period 26 days were spent in London, and the balance (7.6) in travelling. There had been no stop on the road Home, from the day of his arrival in Sydney until he joined the train in Marseilles for the steamer there and, indeed, until his arrival in London it has been an unbroken travel. The work connected with the Conference was completed only late on the evening of the 20th August, and the following morning at 10 o’clock he left by train to join the steamer Campania at Liverpool, sailing that afternoon for New York. He spent one day in Montreal to meet by appointment, the British Ambassador of America, who travelled to see him there. A couple of days were spent at Ottawa, where an opportunity was afforded of discussing public matters with Sir Wilfred Laurier, On the road to Vancouver a stay of one night was made at Niagara Falls, this being •the only diversion, and that for a short period of three hours ouly. Tn the whole journey, from the beginning of the trip until its completion, the greatest interest was taken in the representative of New Zealand, and many courtesies were extended to him. This Sir Joseph naturally took as a compliment to the people of New Zealand, expressed through himself. Upon arrival at Fiji a short stay of a couple of hours only was made, and the Challenger was then joined, an immediate start being made ior New Zealand. Every effort was made by Sir Joseph to get back earlier, but the work of the Conference, highly important as it was, rendered it impossible for him to leave Loudon.sooner than he did.