POLITICAL ADDRESS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 123, 26 May 1902, Page 2

POLITICAL ADDRESS.

7 THE FUTURE OF NEWT ZKALAND. PER PBUS ASSOCIATION. WtsTP.KT, Muy 22. Th« dominant note of Sir Jos'ph ' Ward's address at the banquet at Denniston last night was an effort to incul- ' ca'.e a iielisg of nationality in the people of Now Zoilurd ss regarded the great cm monwealth that was overshadowing New Zsalai.d's destiny apart ' fiom that of the Common wealth. Geographically speaking, New Guinea ! and another island which he couii not nie'iM .ii at the timo were tbe only 1 islands in the Pacific that fell under the natural control of the Common- ' w«al'h. All toe oth«r islands ia tbe South Pacific wne geographical]/ in ' such a position that New Zealand must betho central aid routiolli> g power, > Ouce in that psitioo, the fixed policy of New Zealand would be so a rengthened that it would then be able to 1 decide its own Ct-rms as loaded the tariff that s ! ould prevail be> ««.eD the Common we ,kh and New Zealand. With rogaid to connection with the ■ Old La .d, he reiterated what he staled at Went port as io an Im--1 perial Zolhvteit>. H« thought tbe time h.d aniwd wien th-> colony should hive an official in the Old Country wi h such a salary as would enable him to rcpn-a nt the colony with dignity and credit, At the same time he shoulJ have a seat in the Bri ish House of Commons. Thie, he thought, for '.he time might b9 acoomp'ishtd by the appointmuit to 'he p.ritiou of thj Age a' H thought a's) thas oi-e of the New Zealand senior Judget of the Supiemu Couit should ala > rep- esent the colony in the House of Loftib. This would go along way towards strmgtheoiog Imperial unity wh< n matters of great import such as any great war cr other oomplicati' n i-iw. J. hen from this representation a iu< re though f-eliug of patriotism wcu'd be Tie speaker pr die ed that in fiv« )eats the onbles i.etwreu the colony and the Mother Country »ould be under State control and the n.te f Ol call a would b) a p-noy per wo.d, I u eapport of this i'<ea, tie hit* of the P.«cific cable «t the cot'fe'once of Piemiers in B isbsne in 1893. At that time ho in.iicat. fl die route of tbe Pac fi.; rable, which with one slight d.vi<ai,'ti had bem Carrie 1« ut or will be cnmplet'd «ithin the uuxt seven months. At the time ef the conference i th» rate for cables to Europe was lOt* 4d per word. It had be n r.duo d to 5s 2J per word aud \v t , u id boi-u be reduced to 3s 4d per word. A kmc shoul 'o l r) i.sunDy eause by rbaomulism of the ntu& • >,■ < au may bi odrad >v ill" u-.o of luinh .: .in'® p a i Q b..lui. Thu tuii... Nt is iwcq .u :«d as a w»thiigloUon Oue applieit. fin gt. e, ,-cliof. Try it. >«w Pijim 'Uth _Co operative Society .cIIb it. "''iDe, Is bd; tun J i( j vt vVAO«'(j WO KM PiGij—th# Wonderfnl worm Worners-i.ro , aun) NB edv n i» boxes, sold ct ety where.—Adv^.