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(moid ouE Special eoBBEjSPOSDEJW.) • WELLINGTON, November 8,
MR WARD AND THE MINISTRY.
There is a good deal of speculation regarding the probabilities of Mr Ward again joining the-Ministry with" the portfolio of Colonial Treasurer. He is expeoted to arrive in Wellington during the present week. There appears to be considerable diversity of opinion among the supporters of the Government respecting the advisability of his rejoining the Cabinet, but as both Mr Soddon and Mr M'Kenzie are in favour of the step, and as Mr Ward himself is said to be exceedingly anxious to bo restored to his status the chances ,are that those members of the party, who, in private conversation at ; all events, profess to be. strongly opposed to his return to office, will be found acquiescing in the Premier's decision to politically rehabilitate his former colleague. . The matter will probably be discussed at the Ministerial caucus to-morrow. Many prominent members of the House with whom I have talked on this subject unhesitatingly declare that Mr Ward's return to the Cabinet would prove a damaging blow to the Ministry.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9879, 9 November 1897, Page 5
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