SIR JOSEPH WARD
AND THE PRIME MINISTERSHIP. NO POWER BEHIND THE THRONE. (By Telegraph—Press Association,) WELLINGTON, Last Night. In reply to a question as to Sir Joseph Ward's statement in Sydney as to his returning to the Prime Minister-* ship, the Hon. T. Mackenzie said: — "I think the press got the wrong bang of wiiafc Sir Joseph Ward said, or at any rate the spirit of it. I might .add,-: apropos of the suggestion that Sir Joseph Ward is a power be'liind Throne, that it is now two mouths sin.ee I was entrusted with the, control of the affairs of the country, and with the exception of one letter from him. which was not .advisory, and one from mo to him, asking him to use his good offices in Australia for the admission of out potatoes . .. . J have had no communications from him. I am pleased to be able to add that we are getting along splendidly in the country, as the public could easily discover were f hey able to learn how'l tilings are faring with us."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10642, 24 May 1912, Page 5
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178SIR JOSEPH WARD Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10642, 24 May 1912, Page 5
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