SIR JAMES ALLEN.
RUMOUR OF RETIREMENT DENIED. WELLINGTON, August 14. Replying to a statement that has been published to the effect that ho is retiring from the Cabinet, Sir James Allen says: "No doubt the report in this morning's paper to the effect that it was my intention to retire immediately from the Cabinet was inserted in order to create I have given no indication that it is my ii.tention to retire from the Cabinet nor is it my -wish; to do so as long as my services will be of use to the Government or to the people in the difficult times which we must face in the aftermath of the war. It seems to me that personal wishes must be put aside, and that everyone, politicians and others, should render whatever service they are capable of to bring about, peace, contentment,, and prosperity. The suggestion that I am intent upon becoming the leader of a new political party is entirely without foundation. There appears to be a very general feeling throughout the country that every effort should be made to secure a strong Government, and with this I am in entire accord."
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Otago Witness, Issue 3414, 20 August 1919, Page 26
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