THE HON. J. A. MILLAR ON THE POSITION.
CHRISTCHURCH, 22nd Nov. The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister of Marine, went through Christchurch to Dunsdin this morning. He informed a Star reporter that he had a few days" work to do fixing matters up after the election, and would return in the latter part of next week or the beginning of the i'ollovv'ing one, in order to be back in time to see the Hon. W. Hall-Jones off from Wellington by the Corinthic on 3rd December. As many as possible of the members intended to gather there. The Minister gently declined to say anything about jirobabilities with regard to .he a acancies in the Cabinet. Referring to the Hon. R. M'Nab, he said that his defeat was nor. altogether unexpected, ynd added : " You never know when a by-election may take place"; but he indicated that he had not heard of anything of the sort as likely to happen. It was impossible for him to say much abou* the second ballot, but ho thoujht the Government; had a good prospect of winning sixteen more seats, pnd as it had practically lost nothing now it would feel quite contented. Mr. Ma? sey had not been at all i>l e a se .d with cither the number of representatives returned or the proportion of the voting.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 123, 23 November 1908, Page 3
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