Sir Joseph Ward
We regret to record the death of Sir Joseph Ward. the venerable New 'Zealand statesman who as head of the new United Party won an unexpected victory at the polls last year, and once more became Prime Minister. He found the labours of office too much for him and resigned a few weeks ago. The fortunes of the 1-nited Party are now very doubtful as it was Sir Joseph Ward's authority and character which created and inspired it. He was the right-hand man of Mr. Seddon in the memor- able days of the Radical reforms—loosely called Socialistic at the time--when a closer settlement of New Zealand was deliberately undertaken and it was triumphantly proved that there was morn for both the large sheep- farmer and the small agriculturist, particularly the dairy
farmer.
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