"A VALUABLE ADDITION."
COMMENT BY MB. FORBES. MR. COATES' NOMINATION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) . WELLINGTON, this day. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, in a statement, said he had the greatest pleasure in accepting the nomination by Mr. Coates, who had the right to nominate' the' Hon. "W. Downie Stewart's successor. •"I have the very highest opinion of Mr.' Bitchener's worth and qualifications for holding Cabinet rank,". Mr. Forbes said. "His long and .honourable service in local body government and his business experience, gained by. association with commercial institutions, will stand him in good stead in the administration of ■ the portfolio which has been entrusted to him. He has a thorough knowledge of the conditions experienced by backblock settlers, and will naturally be in a position to give practical and sympathetic consideration to the needs and wants of settlers whose progress is closely associated with the work, of the Public Works Department. "I feel confident Mr. Bitchener will be'a valuable addition to the' Cabinet; and that his advice and counsel will be of considerable assistance to us in the many difficult problems : the country is at present facing."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 84, 10 April 1933, Page 8
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