POLITICAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 210, 11 March 1912, Page 5

POLITICAL.

[ ■ SIR JOSEPH WARD. ' . RECOGNITION OF THE PREMIER'S SERVICES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Hokitika, Saturday. A public meeting will be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday next for the purpose of appreciating the important services rendered by Sir Joseph Ward as Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party. Most of the public men in Westland will take part in the gathering, which will be representative of the district. AN APPRECIATIVE RESOLUTION. Dunedin, Saturday Night. At a social tendered to Mr. Mason, an unsuccessful Littoral candidate for , Otago, at Middlemarch last night, the following resolution was submitted by Mr. Mason and adopted with enthusiasm, "That this meeting desires to express its appreciation of the great services rendered to the Dominion by Sir Joseph Ward in his legislative and administrative capacity during the last 20 years, more especially as the leader of the Liberal-Labor party, and that no act more became him than the unselfish and! patriotic - resignation or hi® high position with the object of furthering the political principles and policy that he has so long championed. We desire to place on record our regret that circumstances have compelled him to take this course, solely in the interests of the party of which he is the leader, and also are gratified to know that Sir Joseph Ward will remain in the Dominion, and give the course of liberalism the benefit of his great abilities, foresight and ripened judgment."