The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLES. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1912. CABINET-MAKING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 78, 28 March 1912, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLES. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1912. CABINET-MAKING.

- ? PTsniier does not appear to '.be' liawng quite* Wktsy' . .Jectjng Ms i Cabinet, and ' froaO'a&st advices it appears that we are even unlikely ,to receive wort] to-day regarding the personnel of th‘p Ministry. 1 hat the Hon. Roderick McKenzie has resigned may possibly remove a stumbling block, and though his retention in Cabinet would probably please thpj West, Coast districts,,Exceedingly,. Other. parts of,, the ‘ijqmin'"MLnbt' ' ex ltrtessi:deep' regret, at his retirement. M'i* Rr. McKenzie'fo; lowed ..the i Hon. W. Hall-Jones as Minister for Public Works and also held the'portfolio •Of He was one of the “practical men” so much in favour with many people nowadays, us opposed to theorists and directors of affairs: but we have our doubts as to their complete success under all circumstances. Tile 'trouble with the building ,up of the, now -Cabinet is probably the plethora of material about equally -good : planks not too well seasoned perhaps, but all about equally sound. With the narrow margin of majority on which the Premier has to work it is obviously necessary to exercise great care in not affronting clamorous ones who may make trouble if left out of the administrative faoric. The counsel of perfection to members to practice self-abnegation and unselfishness, and to cheerfully stand aside for the Party’s good is all very well ‘ indeed ; in theory—but it seldom works. We' : should hardly even dare to hope that if the positions had been reversed; and the Opposition had obtained officb by an equally narrow margin that its members would have acted much diffol'ently; and accordingly we sympathise ‘with’'the Hon. T. Mackenzie in'the big task he has undertaken. I- i .