A STRANGE REPORT.
IN AN OPPOSITION PAPER. SIR JOSEPH WARD ASKS A QUESTION. v (By Telearagh—Preu Astoeiation.) WELLINGTON. Last Night In 'the House of .Representatives this afternoon, Sir Joseph Ward drew attention to an item appearing in the Lyttelton Times, which attributed a, statement to Mr David Jones, a Reform Party organiser, to the effect that he, at a meeting of the Christchurch Women's Political Reform League, stated that, "Since coming into office the present Government had" discovered Things about Sir Joseph Ward which they would not care to repeat."' Sir Joseph Ward asked the Prime Minister, as head of the Government, if he knew wher ther the substance of the statement was true. The Hon. W. F. Massey replied that he could not imagine Mr Jones saying anything of the. kind. He had wired to him on the matter, and would communicate~with Sir Joseph Ward immediately he received a plySir Joseph Ward: "Do you know anvthing to warrant such a statement?" The Hon. W. F. Massey: "I do not!"
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 November 1913, Page 5
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170A STRANGE REPORT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 November 1913, Page 5
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