MR. STEWART RESIGNS
BREACH WITH CABINET DIFFERENCE ON POLICY Wellington, This Morning. The Prime Minister announced last evening that the < Hon. W. Downie Stewart had forwarded to him for transmission to the Governor-General his resignation as a member of the Executive Council and of the Ministerial portfolios of Finance, Customs and AttorneyGeneral. The Prime Minister further stated that the resignation had been forwarded to His Excellency. “I can only say,” said Mr. Forbes, “that I received Mr. Stewart’s resignation with the greatest regret. With his formal resignation he sent me a personal letter, a copy of which I am handing to the newspapers for publication, ills letter sets out the reasons that have compelled him to sever his connection with the Government. He has found himself unable to concur in the decision on an important matter of policy which his colleagues believe to be in the best interests of the country in the present economic emergency. Finding himself in disagreement with the other members of the Government he has withdrawn from Ministerial office.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1933, Page 7
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173MR. STEWART RESIGNS Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1933, Page 7
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