TASMANIAN POLITICS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 537, 18 June 1909, Page 7

TASMANIAN POLITICS.

MINISTRY RESIGNS. (By Tclecflaph.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Rco. Jtui© 18, 1,10 a ; .m.) \ - Hobart, June 17. Tho Evans Ministry has resigned. ■ Sir Elliott Lewis, a former Premier, has been sent for, and has undertaken to form a Cabinet.

A LONG-LIVED CABINET.' , The Evan# Government wm the-longest lived Of any of the- present, Australian Ministries ago (writes, an Australian paper ?« „ ?„ accent elections) it was looked upon iT Ba s G , oTC ™ m ™ t . and by most prophets allowed about a month to run. Bv a combination of circnmstanoes beyond the under, i, °/ ¥ u V Is I tcrs themselves they have on. but privately each member is now convinced that tho reign mil end shortly after the eleohons. The exposure of the Education' Commission Btiporyomng on general debility will probably be the coroner's verdict. TKt offset ft report of tho commission on education was that while the director, Mr. Neale, had made certain _ illegal payments, to imported teachers, the Mimsby was cognisant of tho illegalities/ and should therefore bo held responsible. The latter was not expressly stated, but tho fact was brought homo to tho public durimr the progress of the",evidence," , • The new Premier has been identified- with Tasmawan politics since tho 'eighties, and was Premier from 1839 till 1903.