THE ELECTIONS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 89, 14 December 1914, Page 3

THE ELECTIONS.

SIR JOSEPH WARD INTER- " VIEWED. “POSITION VERY INTERESTING.” DUNEDIN, Deq. 11. Sir Joseph Ward arrived in Dunedin. tc-night by the second express Torn Invercargill. He will leave by the first express to-morrow, en route to Wellington. Interviewed by a “Daily Times” reporter, Sir Joseph said he did not intend- to make any statement about ihe elections pending the final results. He said at present the election was incomplete, and until it was complete it was only heating the air to make any comments. He remarked, however, that he considered the position very interesting.

OPINION OP AN EX-MINISTER

AUCKLAND, Dec. 11. Mr A. M. Myers, member for And:

land East, in a statement to-day, said: Recognising that the maintenance of law and order is the first essential of

government and progress, I am satisfied that Sir Joseph Ward would not accept the responsibility of forming a Government unless he was assured of absolute support to give him the necessary support to carry on a progressive and prudent policy.

HON. GEO. FOWLDS INTERVIEWED.

AUCKLAND, Dec. 11. The Hon. Geo. Fowlds, in an interview to-day, said; As the Government

party is the most homogenous, they ought to have the best chance cf carry log on the Government of the country. Even if Sir Josepn Ward gpt three out cf the four Maori seats, that would only give him 41 to 39, and when he had elected a Speaker his majority would he too slender to do much real work. It appears to me that the best thing the new Parliament could do would be to pass a Proportional Representation Act and give ai! the people a chance of being represented in a Parliament elected under that system. Mr Fowlds added that such an Act could be made operative in the course of a few months, when the Government could appea-l to the country for a definite margin.