NEARING THE END.
Prophecy is a notoriously risky business, but we venture a prediction. It is this: that wlien tiie police escorted Sir Joseph Ward out of New Zealand a fortnight ago the day of the Liberal Party as an effective political force came to an end. It is not dead yet; it may linger on in office right up to the next elections. lint if any i>olitical party in the whole history of the country has ever been damned by public opinion it is the organisation which now parades under the name of Libera'ism. When Sir Joseph locked the door of Parliament House and departed he took one further step to bring the public business of the country to a standstill, lie made Mr Carroll Acting Premier. Mr Carroll was a safe man. If the heavens fell or the sea swa lowed ais up he would no doubt still be found pleasantly engaged in the gentle occupation of doing nothing, and doing it very well indeed. Mr Carroll as Acting Prime Minister is typical of what the old fighting Liberalism of New Zealand has come to.—“ The Citizen.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2554, 15 July 1909, Page 7
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189NEARING THE END. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2554, 15 July 1909, Page 7
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