CARES OF OFFICE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 3000, 19 December 1935, Page 3

CARES OF OFFICE.

MR. PARRY'S BUSY DAY.

INTERVIEWED IN HIS BATH.

PROCESSION OF CALLERS,

A Cabinet Minister's clay is a long afid weary one. This discovery has been made by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Parry, who is at present in Auckland faced with a mass of Departmental business to deal with. The Minister is an early riser, but the first caller at his home this morning was also early. Mr. Parry was having a bath, and while he manipulated a towel he was interviewed. He was partially dressed when the second caller came. All through this morning he had a constant stream of visitors to the Ministerial room at the Chief Post Office, the only break being when he made a trip to the residence of the Mayor at Koliimarama, where he had an informal discussion with Mr. Ernest Davis on the centenary proposals. At 1 p.m. Mr. Parry had lunch with the Hon. M. P. Hyncs, Minister of Labour in the Queensland Government. The afternoon programme will include meeting the representatives of one of Auckland's social organisations and a visit to Huntly. Mr. Parry said this morning that his job was to gather up the threads of the work of the two Departments which he was the head of, and he wanted to attend to some of his private affairs which he had not had a chance of looking at yet.

The Minister added that he would not turn anybody down who wanted to get in toucli with him, but lie suggested that a telephone ring instead of a personal call would often facilitate matters, and probably a reply to a query could be given at once. By the same means an appointment could be made, should that be necessary.

Mr. Parry said that he intended to make a statement in regard to the work of both his Departments before he returned to Wellington.