SIR JOSEPH WARD.
The New Zealand Times, which pretends to voice the opinion of the remnant of the Continuous Ministry, asserts that Sir Joseph Ward will be unanimously chosen as 'Leader of i3ie Opposition, "if he is willing to aocept the position." Why-this "if"? Is it to be supposed for a moment that a man who -was kicked downstairs by his own ..party is going to re- , fuse to ascend the steps again, with the prospect* of a similar fate, befalling him when the opportunity offers? Nol Sir Joseph has- been to England, and has dined with aristocracy. He has returned to be honoured. And it would be ungrateful on his part were he to refuse to lead such a motley following as the Isitts, Ells, Laurensons, Robertsons, Paynes, Myers, Browns, and —shall we say it? — Webbs! An Opposition composed of such "progressives" as Mr Robertson and Mr Webb on the one hand, and Mr iMyere and Mr Vigor Brown on the other, must indeed be remarkable. There would be no difficulty about Mr Isitt, of course. Whisky and water iblend nicely together. But Syndicalism and wealth, Red Flaggism.and Imperialism—well, they are a queer mixture, to be sure.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 29 July 1913, Page 4
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198SIR JOSEPH WARD. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 29 July 1913, Page 4
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