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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 9

In' the advertising columns it will be noted that.entries for. the reliability trials to be held on Saturday next close to-night, at the N.Z. Motor Cycle Club's Kooms,. 52 Willis Street. - Certain rumours as. to fresh• Ministerial arrangements are-.not- in themselves incrcd- ■ lblß (says.the "Guardian").- Should Mr.' Gladstone be. made a Peer the main interest of the'creation would lie in his selection' of a title. It is'generally assumed, that accept-' anco of a. coronet would involve his departure from the Home Office, the portfolio of which has been continuously held by members of the : House of Commons since the Marquess of Normanby resigned the post in 1841. But no Constitutional rule prevents a Peer from being Homo Secretary, and the Department might bo all tho better'administered for the freedom of its head' from incessant heckling. .Sir 'William Robson, who has been pentioned js a:.'possible' successor,-'would do very well for tho place—one eminently suited to;the .cspacity of a good lawyer—but <ii would entail a heavy pecuniary loss on the presentAttorney-General, and practically close his prospects of advancement to tho Bench. If he wero contont to overlook these .considerations, Sir Samuel Evans would become First Law Officer, but the SolicitorGeneral would not be easy to fill. . ■ Mr... Rufus 'Isaacs, for example, who would otherwise be an excellent choice, can by no means mako suro of re-election at Reading. A succession of defeats at tho polls, followed .by the Unionist walk-over for- the Tamwofth Division of Warwickshire, must-incline Mr. Asquith to caution.