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Grey River Argus, 13 December 1928, Page 5

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NO ADDITIONS. Secretaries Taken Over. (Special to Argus.) Vi ELLINGTON, December 12. . Sir Joseph Ward states that, it is \ not intended to appoint a DeputyX v " o ° f th ° Lc K is ’ative Council. \ The Secretaries of the Contes Gov wmment have bee-, taken over bv the nVw Ministry. \The Prime Mini.ter states that a rnpoitt that Mr Jenkins was fo be taken mta the Ministry is incorrect. He saysl no further appointments are to he Made. -‘The Ministry is full,” he s&’d. *\ The New Ministry. , WELLINGTON. Dee. ml,er 12 lhe Prime Minister Ims given a denial to the report that a further Min. '■S er was yet to be appointed. The portfolios of Forestry an ,| ~f Tourist •ind Health Resort! have yet to be allotted. and it had been suggested Mr on ’ins, an Auckland member, might . la; added to the Cabinet. Sir Joseph "aid says that neither to the Cabinet nor the Upper House will ther c be any further appointments. He has promised the Labour Leader to consider the reconvening of the National In dust ria I Conference next year. Referring on Tuesday to the fusion suggestions, the Prime Minister raid the Reform and United Parties were going on diametrically opposite lines, the former’s being a policy of standing still. whil e the Uniteds were definitely progressive, with a following of over two hundred thousand electors. Many electors who had formerly voted Reform were not Reformers, and now stood for th c United Party. The latter had been working on quite difference policy lines from Reform. 1* had been working for a new ystem of obtaining money for meeting unemployment. and making money available for settlement, and advances to workers. During temporary adjournment of the House, he wanted to have Government legal advice upon matters of very great importance, and he did not want to act until he was satisfied that he had legal authority. Mr Veitch, Minister of Labour, re plying to a question whether the Go vernment will d 0 anything to find situations for young people now leaving school, said h e recognised this matter , i related to one of the worst features of the. problem of unemployment. and when he completed investigations which he had begun, he would make a definite statement.

The question of increasing the salaries of Members from .£450 to £7OO is being brought before the Prime Minister by a Special Committee of Members this session, but nothing is likely to be done before next year in this regard. UNI IED PARTY ENTERTAINS L LEADER. ► PRESENTATION TO ORGANISER. WELLINGTON, December 12. The Prime Minister Sir Jo.> pit Ward, was entertained tonight by U*c United Party at a dinner at the Royal Oak Hotel. The Minister of Railways, Hon. W. B. Taverner, presided. Ou *Su Joseph Ward’s right, sat Mr A. E. Davy, organiser fur the United Party, whu was thc recipient of a locket from the Auckland members. The Minister of Health, Hon. A. J. IStallwurthy, in making the presenta tian, also handed Mr Davy a well filled wallet uu behalf of tlx United members generally. Sir Jopepli Ward sajid thc future path of the. Party would not be an eaay one, but he had no fears as to the ultimate result. Ni w Zealand was a great country, and he would not exchange it even fur the Mother Country . The Minister uf Lands, Hun. G. W. Forbes, made it clear that he intended to pros'eute a vigoruais policy of ’V' land, settlement. ' The Minister of Defence, Hon. T. A. Wilford, stressed the fact that the aim of the United Party was to pro* unite the growth uf national good.