FUSION MOVE

Grey River Argus, 23 June 1925, Page 5

FUSION MOVE

CONFERENCE OVER. NOTHING LET OUT. WELLINGTON, June 22. ' The fusion conference concluded without any public intimation of the result. Tin* delegates sat till late on Friday night and Mr J. A. Young (leader on the Reform side) was dele gated to draft a report, which he completed lat e on Saturday morning, an I which is now in the hands of Messrs Coates and Wilford, after being approved by the delegates. Mr Younglater stated the conference resolved that no details of what had taken place should be conimunicati'd to tin* Pres.?, but he stated that the delegates had conferred with the greatest earnest, ness, and that the proceedings had been marked by the utmost goodwill and harmony throughout. It is believed that the conference reached a favourable point towards the objection view, but, of course it will now be for the caucuses of both parties to decide what the next step shall be. The. Leader of the Liberal-Labou’-Party (Mr T. M. Wilford) declined to say anything beyond that he had re reived the report, but the Primo Min ister (the lion. J. G. Coates) stated that the Reform' Party’s caucus would not lake place until after the opening of Parliament on Thursday. It is pointed out that many Lib. orals are now beginning to see that there can be no final steps towards fusion until after the General Election. Indeed, it is no great secret that more than one Liberal would even now* be glad to receive the Reform nomination at the coming election. With the advent of Mr Coates, there has been a considerable waning of enthusiasm in the Liberal rank.*', and it is generally anticipated that Mr Holland and his Party will occupy the Opposition benches in the next Parliament. On the occasion of his visit to Feilding last week, When Mr Gordon Elliott -was chosen to be the Reform candidate for the Oroua seal the lon. A. I). McLeod touched on the fusion question. “I make no apology tor visiting Feilding at this time,” he said. ‘‘l had no desire to discuss fusion either in the light of possibilities or probabilities, but'l feel justi. lied in stating with some emphasis that Reform will never retain office if the price of such retention involves the sacrificing of friends who have stuck to the Party through the dark days of adversity. We welcome either Liberal or Labour support, but only provided, that such does not demand the casting aside of principles.’’ land Parliamentary Librarian at Wellington . Sir John Luke has announced his intention of again contesting the Wei. Ifrigton North seat at the general elec, ions. Von. Archdeacon Carr, Rev. 1). Hay and Mr. Collins left yesterday morning for Nelson, where they w :i attend the Anglican Synod of the Nelson diocese this week. Siise N. Butterworth, of Bell Hill, "ho is visiting Christchurch, yester. day underwent an operation for ap. pendicitis at Lewisham Hospital. • The appointment of .Miss M. Ldl.iirn as assistant mistress at Greymouth, has been confirmed by the Canterbury Education Board. Air W. 11. Jones has been appointed sole teacher at Rotomanu. Mr F. Rundle, for-several years on the stall of the Union Bank of Australia, Greymouth, and now of Namer, is spending a holiday on the vc.ast, Mr 11. 11. Allison, Rector of tin* Grey District High School, is impro ’ing in health, and hopes shortly to resume his duties. Consequent on his appointment to the New South Wales’ Legislative Council, as Vice-President of the Executive Council, Mr. A. C. Willis, Secretary of the Australian Coal I Miners’ Federation is resigning that j position.

A Cairo cablegram announces the death of Mr. Cremers, (he Dutch Pre bident of the Nile Irrigation Commission, which was established to >e gulate the Nile water economic issue in Egypt .following on the murder of theulato Sirdar. The Commission had practically completed its task when i-t was Jinticrrupted Ly Mr. Cremer's illness. The tragic suddenness of the death of Mr Michael (Mick) Thornton, which occurred in the Grey River Hospital yesterday morning, came as a blow to everybody in the community, and the relations of deceased will have the sympathy of all. The late Mr Thornton was born at No Town and v»'as thirty.six years of age. (hi Sat:• relay he attended a football match, ret.rvng at 11 p.m. He then appeared to l * in his. .usual health. At about 2 o’v ock on Sunday morning, however, he '"ycame ill, and was later removed la the Hospital. After spending a fairly good night deceased suffered a rela ■se yesterday morning, dying short iy ai eight o’clock. The late Mr Thornt was apprenticed to the drapery trade* and was for thirteen years in the ci ploy of McKay and Son He went "1 the front .with, the fourteenth. roii ■