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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 28 March 1911, Page 8

Commenting on Sir Joseph Ward's speech .it the reception given to him in Sydney, the Post's correspondent savs: State Ministers, editors and notables i may have thought they wore coming merely to a social gathering—a gathering of New Zealanders to greet the most prominent New Zealander. It was interesting to watcli their surprise when Sir Joseph was fairly launched upon his theme, and when at the end of half an hour he took a fresh grip of the subject and sailed away more expansively than ever, the audience clearly showed'that it w;is favorably revising it's estimate of the Prime .Minister. If the speech represented hard work with three private secretaries and Dr. Findlav on Hi,. ,-nv„™ tainly Sir Joseph shook the Sydney Press into sitting up and taking notice, and the Telegraph unkindly said that his scheme was old and proven impracticable. But speaking for London, and the Loudon reception of the cabled report shows that he measured the situation accurately. If the last conference was "Mr. Deakin's conference," this conference already seems to be Sir Joseph Ward's.