QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13791, 24 October 1908, Page 5

QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

END OF THE THREE-PARTY

SYSTEM

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CABINET.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright " (Received Oct. 24, 10.25 a.m.)

BRISBANE,. Oct. 24

Meetings of the Opposition and Government supporters were held last night, and subsequently both parties attended a joint meeting.

Mr Philp, on behalf of his Party, announced that it had been unanimously agreed to coalesce with the Government. Mr Kidston said his Party was not unanimous. He said he had taken an unusual course in asking them to hold a combined meeting, but his justification was the unusual position in Queensland public life. The position of parties was such that no party could carry on without the assistance of the other parties. The best thing for the country was a reorganisation of parties.

As a result of the meeting Mr Kidston will have a free hand in forming a new Ministry, and forty-four members have promised to support it.