THE PREMIER ENTERTAINED.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 17 December 1907, Page 2

THE PREMIER ENTERTAINED.

Per Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward was entertained by the Liberal and Labor Federation this evening. There was a large gathering, including several members of Parliament. The Premier was presented with an illuminated address in appreciation of the work he had done last session. In the course of his reply, Sir Joseph referred to the difficult position occupied by members who came in under the aegis of the late Mr. Seddon, and thanked them for their assistance in carrying out the business of the country. In regard to infant life protection, the Government was going to recognise the eflorls of good women in the four

centre,! who were occupied in looking alter people who could not afford to pav for nurses, and in instructing mothers m the proper feeding of infants. The Government would give practical assistance by donating £IOO to each of these centres. The Government hoped, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Parliament, to establish- n State cable agency to supply the newspapers in the United Kingdom with a. daily record of our industrial, social, and political progress, as New Zealand had been too much' neglected for the last forty years in Hint reaped. The Premier foreshadowed a change m the electoral system, to ensure that the majority would be fairly represented, and that where there was diipiealmn of candidates in any one pnity a ni'iiority representative would fully on the financial position of the Dominion, on the lines of recent speeches in other parts of New Zealand.