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The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1915.

The oubllC Will be docmiy * •: t.-.• » '*ll j : ; pleased to learn i that tho highly ! valued oxer- ! turns of His Excellency the Governor with a view to bringing about a complete understanding between the Gov- ; cmuent ami the Opposition in the j matter <.: the proposed National Ministry lir e proved sucoossiul. It is no.v announced that the agreed upon National Crbinefc shall consist el live ; members frern either side and that, m ; ad lit ion, Dr. I’omare is to hold a seat i (; s representing the Native race) , j. the Executive Gunned. -Vs far as we arc aware an equality <.f seats as betwoen two rival parties in a national government r~ a novelty, but it can, ot otmrs •- be made a success if both s:dc>s make up their minds that a spirit of harmony shall be maintained at all co>; tWv.ingly no trouble at all was expwioiK’d as to who, in the National ?.na:svry, should hold th • eeiei position, for it has been unanimously agreed chat air Massey shall continue as Prime Minister. The difficulties as regards the portfolios of Finance and Defeat- 1 have also been settled in a proper manner by the allocation of one of the portfolios to cither side. I*or our own part, wo should have preferred to have seen Mr Allen retained in the position of Minister for Finance rather than as Minister for Defence, but, perhaps, the Opposition held out that ■Sir Joseph Ward should fill the portfolio of Finance, in which event the Government, it is certain, would insist that Mr Allen should continue as Minister for Defence. Me may say further that it is extremely difficult to forecast which members will be chosen for the remainder of the portfolios. In the ease of the Government Messrs Bell, Kerries and Jlerdman. in addition to Messrs Massey and Allen, will most likely be selected. With regard to the Opposition, !<• bbv gossip, it would seem, favors the idea that Mr Russell, Mr MacDonald and Mr Myers will be three of the four members fro;n that side of the House who will accompany Sir Joseph Ward into the now Ministry. It is, of course, certain that Dr McNab has been offered a portfolio, but rumor hath it that lie prefers not to again hold Ministerial rank. There is some talk also that, in the circumstances, the fifth Opposition portfolio may go to either Mr. Forbes, Mr Sidey, Mr Hamm or Mr llindmarsli. As the Labor Parliamentary party has decided to refuse any portfolio at all, Mr Hindmarsls’s chances of selection do not need to be further taken into consideration. None of the other three members whose- names have been mentioned can bo regarded as “strong” men, although Mr '.Ha-nan occupied the position of Minster for Education in the Mackenzie Government. It so happens, too, that quite a number of other Liberal ex-Minis-ters bold seats in the present House so that the exact selection from the Opposition side can, in the meantime, remain only a. matter for speculation. 'Hie only unsatisfactory part of the whole business (to our way of thinking) is the attitude of the Labor group. As the 'members in question have decided to remain neutral party politics- cannot bo said to have boon entirely eliminated as a result of the success of the Coalition negotiation. In tho circumstances all that can lie remarked is that it is now apparent that if the present government had bee.i defeated in the House, the Liberals, it is certain, would, in turn, not have been, able to carry on, for they would never have boon willing to make all the concessions which, it is clear, would have been demanded by tho Laboritos. As for the future the political situation must, then, bo held to he fraught with very interesting possibilities. For our own part we do not believe that the proposed National Ministry will succeed in satisfying- (ho unreasonable demands of 1 Labor any hotter than the present a Government could have ’ done. It, therefore, seems to us that, although

A Nat Iona! Cabinet to bo farmed.

Sir Joseph Ward wishes it to bo understood that ho will remain Loader of the Opposition as well as Minister for Finance, the advent of the Coalition Ministry is bound to load to tbo widening of tbo real gap that exists between tbo Moderate Opposition Liberals and the Radical-Social Democrat ■ group. 'The now scheme of Government is, however, unquestionably a right and proper step on account of the war and. Lord Liverpool is to bo heartily congratulated on having so successfully brought to bear Iris influence and authority in what seemed only a day or two bade quite a hopeless matter.

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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4000, 5 August 1915, Page 4

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The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1915. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4000, 5 August 1915, Page 4

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1915. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4000, 5 August 1915, Page 4

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