Rupture in the Cabinet.
[By Tblbc|iia.ph.]
WELLINGTON. ,■ " Saturday. There is great dissension m the Cabinet re the filling up of the seat m the Ministry. Sir .George Grey insists 6n Mr. Mosi or Mr. Re 63 taking the vacant portfolio.' ' Mr. Ballahce", annoyed, left -hit» office, at 3. p.m.^this. day.. It is said that Southern. men want Mr.iM6ntgoinery, arid won't sanction a third Auckland man m the Executive. ~The"Pd3^say£f it is ruftrore'd -another ' , difference .has ariseij. between* the. Premier aha^his q^lleagi-es. #BU*Jreorg> Grey desires to appoint either Mr. Rees to the Attorney-Generalship or Mr. Moss ,to thePortfqlip of Lands, and the other Ministers aire Udvbcaiing the pVopriefcy of offering the vacant seat m the Cabinet to a Southern Member, so as tp main? tain tlief baiahW ot J feower^ instead of having an "Auckland Miuisfcry." Mr. Montgomery, being, one" of the Southern members, is espeoially nientionjid as likely to receive an offer. • '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 822, 30 June 1879, Page 2
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