REFORM PARTY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 121, 16 February 1920, Page 7

REFORM PARTY

MEETING IN WELLINGTON POLICY MATTERS DISCUSSED i A meeting of Government supporters was held 'in the Parliamentary Buildings on Saturday afternoon. Several Reform members had been prevented by tho dislocation of the ferry services from being nresent. but the attendance was largo. The Prime Minister, who was meeting th 9 members of his party for the first time since the general election, was given a particularly cordial reception. The meeting sat for about two hours ami a half. The Prime Minister stated snbseouentlv that the members present had engaged in a general discussion of tho friendliest possible character. Various matters of policy had been mentioned. New members of the House had tnken uart in the proceedings, and had made a very good impression on their . colleagues. The opinion had been expressed after the meeting by old members that the Reform Party had never before received such an accession of strensth as had been given by the general election of 1919. The appointment of additional Ministers was mentioned at the meeting. The Prime Minister indicated that he intended to fiU vacancies in the Cabinet. He did' not give names, and the opinion of the meeting was that he should be left to use his own judgment in the selection of Ministers. Members said that he could bo trusted to do the right thing in the discharge of a. duty that belonged to the head of the Government.