PREMIER FORESTALLED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17057, 11 June 1926, Page 5

PREMIER FORESTALLED.

NEW CABINET APPOINTMENT. "CONGRATULATIONS FOR MR. WILLIAMS. HERALD'S PREDICTION NOT DENIED, i (Special m the Herald.' WELLINGTON, this day. There is no official denial of the * Poverty Bay Herald's statement announcing the appointment of Mr. K. S. Williams, member for the Hay of Plenty, as Minister of Pnhlic Works. Mr. Williams has been in Wellington for two days', find is frequently in touch with tiif I'tender, who, however, is not prepared io express :m opinion regarding the new appointment. There arc other little indications which point to the accuracy 61' the Heralds' report. .Mr. Williams lias received coijfiratulitions from members of Cabinet. Nobody outside the circle can officially ascertain the reason for an informal gathering' at which his health was drunk; but every member who wanders into Wellington a week before the session is,due to commence is nor similarly greeted.. The Prime Minister; Mr. Cor.tcs, has kept all his Cabinet appointments a close secret until the actual time of swearing in, but for once his intentions seem to have been anticipated. Mr. Williams measures up to Mr. Coates' recent, description of the qualifications of a Minister of I'nHie ■Works* as he has had a very Jong experience of local body administration, Mid is truly one bl" New Zealand's baekbloeks members. lie succeeded the Hon. W. IX S. MacPo'iiultl on the 1-itter's death in I! 20, :»nd is one of the few members who have twice secured re-election without a poll. If appointed, Mr. Williams will not t.ssist the front bench in debating power, though the general average in this direction is below normal. However, he is extremely populai among all classes of legislators, and may bo regarded as possessing a knowledge of lib new duties, if not a capacity for talking about them.