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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12606, 17 November 1926, Page 3

A DEBT OF GRATITUDE The Rev. Van Staveren delivered a neat little speech, and paid a pretty compliment to the guest for his interest in the welfare of the community, and his desire to make mankind just a little happier. The people, of Wellington and New Zealand /owed him a debt of gratitude which they could never repay, particularly so far as the children’s hospital was concerned. Mr Ward had not only been instrumental in getting the institution established here, but was also a factor in having it retained herj* when endeavours were made to have its purpose altered from the primary object. Sir Joseph Ward, M.P., was . also called upon, to pay tribute to Mr Ward’s associations with social work in 'New Zealand in the past. He recalled the time when, he had met Mr Ward in the United States, and they had together visited distinguished friends. Later he met him upon the unfamiliar soil of Belgium during the Great War, and it was there that Mr Ward had dis-