V Palmerston resident supplies tho following to the Mauawatu 'standard —Non- that Sir Joseph Ward has decided to go Home- to attend tlie Imp orTiit Conference there is some speculation as to the Minister on whom his mantle will fall in the interim. It should not’be forgotten that the Hon. James Carroll as senior member of the Cabinet, is entitled to the honorable and onerous position. When the late Mr Seddon went to Australia in 1906 Mr Carroll was then also the senior Minister, Init declined to assert- his right to b»-Acting-Premier on the ground that k&had too much departmental work on' hand and could not take up extra duties. Since then changes have taken place in the management of the Department of Native Affairs and the Native Minister having now the able assistance of Mr Ngata is in a position to take up the duties of Acting-Premier. George Bradshaw, the originator of the famous railway guide, -was born «x----1801,. and died in 1853.,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2516, 1 June 1909, Page 5
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164Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2516, 1 June 1909, Page 5
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