PARTY’S SYMPATHY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1021, 11 July 1930, Page 7

PARTY’S SYMPATHY

EXECUTIVE’S MESSAGE Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The Dominion executive of the United T’olitical Party, has forwarded the following message to Mr. Vincent Ward: “The Dominion executive of the United Political Party tenders to you and to the members of your family their deepest condolence in the grievous blow you have all suffered in the death of your illustrious father, the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward. They beg 10 convey to you their affection, for your father as a man, their respect for his high character, both as a statesman and a business man, and their admiration for the vast range of the great service which he rendered to New Zealand and to the British Empire. “Today the Dominion mourns the loss of one of its greatest men. whose long, devoted and faithful service and high public ideals will never be forgotten in the land he loved so well. With a genial, kindly personality he ruled every department in the State. His great services to New Zealand are a household word, and the admiration of people is widespread. Happiness has come to many as the result of his work in the public service because justice, righteousness and fair play were his constant objectives, and generosity his most conspicuous quality. * The public sorrow for Ills loss and its deep gratitude for his invaluable services will, we hope, help to console the personal grief of j-our-eelf and the other members of the family. “Yours very sincerely, James W. Henderson (chairman), J. A. Shand (general secretary)*’*