The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-03-28
SIR JOSEPH WARD
FOR CORONATION
NEW EEAI.AHD'e PHrNEER pass
mo TImoD0H COUNTRY ~
o0uf0 AlmAD FAST

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So Joseph Ward, D. &. ~ g., pre-
mieF ~ New Zealand. b 5 passenger
on the canadisn pail steamer Nakufa,
on be way % ihe coronation of King
George v in I0ndon ~ gune. no 3
accompanied by Lady Ward, his 500
and daughter and two private Eecre
taTleE. ne wished 10 come ashore last
night, but despite AZ the telcphonlng
O0yernOr Frfar could Do. Doctor
Ramgu could not be found y issue ihe
permission.
siF Joseph was here nearly two
yean ago and was disappointed AZ not
being able 20 land and renew bis &C.
qlaintanee with Honolulu. With bis
ney general Of New Zealand.
Speaking o. events Ia the land down
under, he says that 10 New Zealand
everything II nourishing. "ft/is one
Of the best times We have ever "a.
perenced,p he remarked. "Binco i
have known the place ! have never
seen anything 70 equal Il. We are 10.
Ing ahead faster tban any place
know Of, and what n best Of all, We
are doing Il naturally The pOppla-
tl0n has increased thirty and
half per cent and when The census lg'
ufeH, which We are taking now, are
complete We expect 20 have popula'
tion " 100000, not including the
Maori element None " these people
have been helped into the country With
The exception u o few who have been
able to put w lfiy dollars With
these We advance tw0nty Of tho
steamer fare aud the company another
twenty These are few and far be-
tween.
"The financial state Of tho country
IL also on very sound footing. This
year there has been an increase Of 49,
100000 10 the revenue. Our wealth
per capita ~ now $1,000, This ~ our
record.
Now Mai Service.
nrhe now mall service between
Canada and New Healnnd bna boon
satisfactorily arranged and Auckland
viii now be incl1dfd na regular port
Of call This has been brought about
through our Bnbsldizing tbc Canadian,
Australian steamships, and one " tho
advantages We reap from ~ " that our
/ people will have the refusal " cef'
tain amount " space IN tho freezing
rooms, The boats viii lonyo Sydney
and como across 10 Auckland, iDstend
Of going 10 Brisbane ne ~ tho present
time. From there they Will mako
across 70 Buya and then continue on
the run. We expect that We shall get
n great deal Of benefit from the change
and wo have no objections 10 The yoy
age ending NJ Sydney, eyeD although
W. are giving The subsidy.
Test Run Mado,
HOn Ibis voyage the vessel WIS tried
out from SUN, just ~ 500 what she
could do, and in6tond Of tho Ordinary
six boilers being worked, tho Who'll,
eight were called into requialli0B
There WAS no nnpleaaantDeea 10 be
noticed, and tho voyage WIS just tbe
same, as far aa We passengers were
able 10 observe, but wc gained two
days time. When The new boat foI
tho line II completed the Iealandia vii
IN all probability be taken on and the
run kept NJ by tho larger yeesole,V
Boost for Pan,PaoiGo.
Mien told Of the movement et0TtoC
here 10 form a Round tho'PGcilc Club
With the idea Of sending AN exhibition
train around the entire United States
| 10 saidl "It would DO good idea,
nm sure, and there " every likelihood
that Now Ieaand would fall IN readily
with the scheme The establishment d
tho central bureau IN New York ID nlgt
another good idoa, and one Tint vii
meet with the approval Of my govern
mopt,V
Empire Matters,
6ponkIug IN sydney just before HI
left Sir Joseph struck now note II
omphaslglng tbe need Tor nm ind0pond
ont parliament for tho British Empire
! Look No tho matter aa they would
he said, there could be no doubt tina
other world powers have grown n
wonlth and population, and that lhel
nrmnmenis haVo grown Ia proportion
The Mediterranean NJ the present TIM
was largely under the control Of France
and lialy, aud there could DO no donb
that the power 0f tho Pacific lay IN thi
hands Of America and Japan.
WITH those facts before them, !
I seemed 10 him that tho Whole bushes
Ut defenae and foreign policy should b.
transferred N an independent and en-
I pire parliament This, ho eOntendad
would mem tho start Of the empir
movement, and would work out IN Oh
whole Of the matters IN connection will