CABINET’S LONG SITTING

Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1930, Page 14

CABINET’S LONG SITTING

' DEPARTURE OF -THE PREMIER. ’HIS.MESSAGE OF FAREWELL, i . By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Aug. 25. Cabinet sat almost continuously over the- week-end. Numerous questions which ‘had to be finished before the Prime Minister’s departure for the imperial Conference were disposed of late last night. Mr. Forbes. in a farewell message said: “While I am Home I will do nothin w likely to cause any embarrassment iii° Empire ' matters in general and in trade matters in particular, and I know .that is the wish of the people of New Zealand. .In leaving New Zealand I regret that the position of the country is not : as; satisfactory as one might wish. However, I am convinced that throughout the country there is a determination to face the difficulties with which we are faced. I am sure that this attitude, which one cannot help but .admire, will result in an early return z to' that condition of prosperity which it has been our fortune to enjoy for several years.” • Mr. Forbes added that he was leaving New Zealand secure in the knowledge that the affairs ..of the country would be safe in the hands of his colleagues in Cabinet. Mr. Forbes leaves' for'Auckland tonight. .