POLITICAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 12, 2 June 1914, Page 8

POLITICAL.

SIR JOSEPH WARD AT THAMES. By Telegraph—Press Association, Thames, Last Night. Sir Joseph Ward addressed a crowded meeting in King's Theatre to-night and received a splendid hearing. His speech was on the lines of other? i»c- la* delivered in different parts of the country referring L; the suggested electoral reform for cities, he said people should know at once what was proposed. How long, he asked, were the jwopla to be given to adapt themselves to the change? Replying to finance, he again repudiated Air. Massey's statement that the Treasury chests were depleted when the Reform Government came itiln office He showed that there was a balance of €807,'276 to credit. This bad been shown to be so By the Hon. ,Taa, Allen ill Jiis first Budget, and upheld by the Otago Daily Times. At the conclusion of the speech -Sir Joseph Ward veeeiyed an ovation, and a resolution was carried as follows:—"That this meeting of inhabitants »f Thames thanks Sir Joseph Ward for ils interesting and instructive address, and expresses its confidence in him as leader of the Liberal party in New Zealand, and trusts that lie will secure a majority at next election. "