PRE-SESSIONAL ADDRESSES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 168, 13 June 1902, Page 2

PRE-SESSIONAL ADDRESSES.

SIK JOSEPH WARD AT WINTOH. ?ORKCABT OF BUBINBS<> OF THE COMINU SESSION. PER PKBSS A»SOCIATIOIT. Wihtok, Juns 12. Sir Joseph Ward addr B»ed tti« electors of Awaru* at, Win'on th's evening. There were 700 pres mt, and thu Acting-Premier was gicn-an »athu.ia>tic rec p ion. After dealing with tli' fin tncja at sitm longth Bir Jos ph. referred ti the various departmyirs. Dialing with the war, now hippily ci'ielud-'d, he mentioned that tin t tal expenditure made in New Zealand was £2,095,055. Tin Govntimeit had bean trying to obtain a di-ct ini of stetniTsto Sjuth Africa, and a tender had beei received from the 131 m Stor Lino, which wa« mw uti'lor c insiderition in London. Sir Jos<ph referred a*; length to what the Government h»d don* to imp-ova the ondi'i-m of the farmer*. Cheap mnnev had boeo obtained for them, and the result? from the working of tho Agricultural Dtptrtment showed that it had b*en of inestimable valu*. The graling and inspection <f butter and cheo-'e had lifted the trade in , those art : cl*B to a high level, and lsg-i-l-tion for th-» purificttion of manures had also done go.<d. Th* lowering of rates on farming produce upon the railways m"ant a gre»t saving, and rngu.hr cib'ed adyices from London w.ri <f groat vilue to export rs, A roprosental'iva had been sen" out to find mwkfets, and the laws bad been i broadened t,n a way which had ambled | thousandi to) get holdings at easy rates. J Because the- Government had alae enj deavourcd tj v ) improve the c mdUion-of I the nrtisms and worker* i'i towns was i no reason why the fir me s should turn I against iv To o eUe c'«s< prejudice ' wai inimical to the interns s of the I colony. Thnjegilation to be submitted J during n9xt\»a-sioa would dual with I important makers, but would be within the limits} of pr.ic icil procedure. The Qovfrnmf nt should agree to adopt a referendum! ro that large social qnes'ioPH shoutcKat oertiin times be subrni.ted to the ation and decision. The required attention, as Also the all-imw - portant, matter of the export of our products. Measures dealing with the superannuation of railway employee*, rotriilatioi of sbarebroking, juveniU deprayi'.y, conservation of rive r g, rebate to Onwn tenants, and Sate fire insurano», would be cons'd.red. Improv meut wou'd bs made in the Act; safeguards for the public doing busire g with second-hand d »nl' rs wou'd be made law, and amendments dealing with rating on unimproved value* and the Coroners Act would be introduced. The land 1> wh would be further amende?. Hi did not think that any ittampt would be rriadn to deal wi h the licensing hws during the session. Further remis-io-'R in railway charge* would he annoii'iced during the sitting of Parliament, and a nieisure introduced fo- the c'ag itication of the Civil Servic. Li regard to expenditure, Sir Josep i si \ that wholesale retrenchment (exc pt where actual necessity eonpnll-d) should be avoided. I'he eft ct of such a j,o'icy was that it was of en followed by disasters never ontemplated. Unnec ssary expenditure shou'd be avoided, arid that upon reproductive works sh uild be the first undert ken. He waa 'ar from nervous abou t'i« positiou ahuad of th« o Jony. The railways already begun should be coj*i ,*, ti> ue'l, ai.d the connecting link <<f tit*' Nor h Islatd Trunk Rrilway should be vig rcusly carried o->. The surplus ravonm from the f'o so'idated Fund f.bi« yar shou'd used for opening up lands and ro'diug the country. Oors iti>orc : ep i-liould bH i enonab'e, hoover, and while the Government woull n<v. shirk its legitimate renpinsibilitus, it would non bs driven upon a c >urse which it b.lieved to \m unwise oruns'f- for th« co'ony to follow. In cor.c'usion, he said the outlook wag hopeful, B.nd thue were no groun-'s for appreheiJi-ion.

PRESENTATION TO SIR JOSEPH WARD. Ikvercarqill, Jure 12. This afternoon Sir Joseph Ward was preferred, in the Club Hot 1, with a , huge t stiraoiiia], in appreciation of his services rs iepr s native in Parlia- ; merit. The movement originitud at , VVintnr, in the Aw.irui elei'ora'e. Tho Mayor of lnve*eargill |r « ci.-d. The addiess, which is some, fnm feet high, sets forth the Parluuwntary matvis with w ich Sir Jo-eph has been connected, i.nd eulogises his pubic sf-rvic p. Some fifty el c'oria and frL ds were pr< sent.