THE CABINET VACANCY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14340, 3 July 1917, Page 7

THE CABINET VACANCY.

GOVERNMENT'S OAUTIOUS ATTITUDE. (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. Like the well-quoted instance of the donkey and the bunch of carrots, the Cabinet vacancy on the Liberal * side dangles temptingly m front of a number of aspirants who,' I hear from well Informed quarters, will have to remain expectant for quite a long time. Thn leader of the Liberal Party is not m a hurry to fill the position, for he is as yet uncertain about the state of affairs. In any case, a prospective position Worth getting is often used to keep brt their good behavior all the nlen who believe m their hearts that they axe likely to succeed to it. Quite half a dozen men on the Liberal side are probably m this category, though the gossips have begun to count out Sir John Findlay, once first favorite m the race, because his symptoms of independence are pronounced. When he tabled his little bombshell about the judgeship, it was felt that he would never be inclined to sit m the s&me Cabinet as the Hon A. L. Herdman, but if the Attorney-Gene-ral reaches the haven he is said to be approaching, this difficulty will disappear. Sir Joseph Ward before settling upon the new Minister, will doubtless pay attention to the repeated suggestion that his Liberal colleagues m the Cabinet have not been pulling Avell together.