STUBBORN MINISTER. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
WELLINGTON. June 20
There l>a« lieen some unplrac-aiirnc^s dining- the past few days between the Hon. the Minister of Public Works (Mr Hall-Jon?*) and "ome of the other member's of thoMinistry. It appears that the Government ■were desirous of re*servina the whole of onewing of Searlc's Hotel for those members of tlio royal suite thai, could not be accommodated at G.noiuiueul Hoive. Mr Hall-Jone?. how or, togci'iOi with bi» vife. occupied rooms in the rnuule Oi U c Vring 'rlrich i: was i'ndetv(.oou li..d bci*. taken for tup >mite, and v appears I'l.ir he would not shift. All entreaties, even from Mr Seddon and Mr Ward, wore in \aiu. The consequence w^.s, that Sir John Andei-on, of the Colonial Office, had ro be aecomiyodaied in another part of thp building. The eon-h-etemr» i< b?ing veiy iicely ccnmienti'd upon kers.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 28
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145STUBBORN MINISTER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 28
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