ANOTHER NEW MINISTER.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 114, 13 May 1920, Page 8

ANOTHER NEW MINISTER.

XX. ATOEBSOV AFPODTTED. LABOUR PORTFOLIO NOT ALBOCATED. POSSIBILITIES OF FUTURE. (Bj Teler^so-— Special t& "itar.'T WELLINGTON, the day. Cabinet reconstruction is complete by the appointment of Mr. George J. Anderson, member for Mat aura, who takes the portfolio of Internal Affaire. There is gome re -shuffling of. portfolios, which is not quite completed,'as, for instance, the allocation of Labour, an important responsibility, *htL-h~-the Prime Minister intend* handing to some colleague, pro-' bably Sir Wm. Herriee, who held it; temporarily during Mr. Maseey's absence at the Peace Conference. Thie matter -will be definitely decided during the week. a« well as the allocation of a number of minor departments. The Prime -Minister inform* your correspondent that the principal portfolios are in the following hands:— Right Hon. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister. Finance, Railwaye. Sir \V"m. Herriee, Kative Affairs, Marine, Customs. Sir Franeie D. BelL, Trader of the Legislative Council, Attorney-General. Hon. D. H. Guthrie. Lands, Discharged Soldiers' Settlement. ■ Hon. W. Xceworthy, Agriculture and Immigration. Hon. .1. G. Coates, Public Works and Defence. Hon. E. P. Lee, Justice. Externa! Affairs. Hon. C. -J. Parr, Education and Public Health. Hon. (i. J. Anderson, Internal Affair*. Hon. Dr. Pomare. member of the executive representing* the native race and Minister in Charge of Cook Islands. ANOTHER MINISTER. POSSIBLE. The Premier pointed out that, including thp representative of the native race on the executive, there vere now ten Ministers. i( There is "statutory power to appoint eleven, but," he said, ''for the present we will carry on -with ten. Tf the work i« found to be .too heavy -by the* time the cession arrives. I thai! appoint another Minister. The eeeeion will open about the usual time, the end of June." THE XJSW MIMSTEK. The Hon. G. J. Anderson, Minister of Internal Affairs, has represented Mataura in the House of Representatives since 1908, when he defeated the late Dr. R.i MeNab, who was then Minister of Lands. In Parliament'he has been considered as one of the radical adherents of the Reform party, sitting among the etormy petrels of the (tarty, and being outspoken in his general advocacy of the cause of the small fanner and worker. He lias in fact, not hesitated to.divide the House against his chief on- some occasions when he was unable to his convictions with his role as a party man. Mr. Anderson was born at Bark Creek, Bendigo, in 1860, and arrived in New Zealand at the age of two yearn. Educated at Lawrence Grammar School, he served apprenticeship, at printing, and worked at hi« trade in (several Southern towns. He helped to found, the Canterbury Typographical Society, and in 1001 he became a— partner in the Mataura "Ensign." irhieh jtaper he aiainaged aand later edited :tin lie* electionTto Paftin ment. -He has always closely identified himself also .with educational matters, having- been a member of the. Southland Education Board for a number of , vcarg.