MR. MUNRO INTERVIEWED. HE IS SATISFIED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13320, 10 November 1906, Page 5

MR. MUNRO INTERVIEWED. HE IS SATISFIED.

Chxi'stchiirch, November 10.'-; iMr Munro,^when^ seen respecting tbe' ohaixgie made in r tne Trra-n'a'gemei^t of. thp Ex'hibHion, said i "I am quite. satisfied with the 'fresh, arrangement.

. . - v , - i 5 - I hfaliaye I can carry O on':.{u!nder it wis? g'reiatef ' satasf action *to the 'pMblic* airid comfort to myself than uoaderthe |oM system^ . ' ;. , , " Messrs Beeoe, and,^Boo^i^.tfbe Commissioners who are mainly^ affected, .regard -fell© proposed solution of the 13xha#Attt i o<n'" difliculties'- , as.. ulasa'tfsfflLCtory,' tAtt';, fid ore* \ r^dl^inig -upoif any courae of- "actt«>n \'- 'fchey- propose to a-wait-the resiflt of the conference wit] a ' Colonel -Pfit, referred ;to in the Qovernment official memo. jThey dp^not ■regai'd f) th« position as being . imjjprov- , e<d, 'but will communicate with the Prdm!k|r /to-day, ,and reserve anyde- . finite, action xmtil af ter tbe conference. Both morning papers have articles on" the subject. The Times, while!admitting that tbe new' arrangiement will'.'notf giW \iriquglified satisfaction, sayr-it ist pro/bably the best- ' that . could be come to in . the circumstances, . ; \ "Mr Muifro/' adds the Times, , "will, in the changed conditions, have *. .'a ■ dircctpriate to ccmtrol him', and if ~ ; the Mmister in charge is only firm.it will be impossible ■ for- the olcL ' griev- s ances to rociur.'^ The up- tcmrtfie' frequent, change of iSfiiiister in * • charge -as. the weak feature * of: '.the. i*edrg : anisat'on. • >■ ' X The ;Press -heads -its' article t afld Impotent. ConchisiOTi,^*- and igvor/ drastic 'hi 'its cpmWeiits on Mr Munro and the Premier. "The conduct^ of tlie-Premier throughout the crisis/';^ it s a ys, "has been characterised' as, extraordinary weakness,- 1 and -vacilla- - tion/"' It proceeds : "Whether it is: that t<he Ministry see- in, Mr Munro i; some 'hidden virtues which thef Ohristchurph people have not been ; «ble to discover, or whether they foar the mv- • lisih acrobatics of which he gave them. ■ himely warning, we cannot say. Cer-'. 'tarn if" 'is,, the, Jiinistry have r^decMed 'to stawd by M!r M-imfb 'regardless, of -the feellings a nd wshes of the volunteer workers jvh'o h-ave laboured so cheerfully a-rid J a«siduour?ly to render, the Exhibition' a success.',' • The Press concludes by sayinfg that it would not. 1^ sjarprised if . "this 'amazing display , i of weakness should go some, way to- ! wards wrecking the Ministry." ' I ' - — i— ■—■— PM"*" •-. '•'. . I * . ;—; — ;—; —