WORK OF CABINET

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 32, 30 January 1933, Page 3

WORK OF CABINET

HON. C. E. MACMILLAN

TO CONTROL PUBLIC WORKS “ The appointment of the Hon C. E. Macmillan as Minister of Public Works in succession to the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates is shortly to be announced,’’ states the Parliamentary reporter to the Christchurch Star. He will thus be holding this office in addition to his present portfolios of Agriculture and Mines. Air Macmillan, already has experience of Public, Works administration, for during Mr Coates’s absence at Ottawa he temporarily took that portfolio during an interesting stage of the Arapuni breakdown and the final restorative work. He shares with Mr Coates the i-onfideut opinion thaw the Arapuni hvdro-electric undertaking will become a complete and permanent success. Air ALaemdlenruiv * somewhat) sensational entry into politics ten years ago. when Sir Joseph Ward contested Tauranga in nil effort to return into public lite, but was defeated by Mr AFacmillan. whoso long local record as a county councillor, Mayor of Tauranga and an active dairy association director gave him a considerable advantage. Air Alacmillan entered the Coalition Ministry following the 1932 general election which saw the defeat of (no then Minister of Agriculture, Mr David Jones. There will bp a further redistribution of portfolios when the new Reform Minister is appointed after the session. Tho only offices now hold in an acting capacity are those of Transpoit Attorney-General, held respectively by the Hon. E. A. Ransom and tho Rt Hon G. W. Forbes There is a. strong feeling in some quarters that Mr A. E. Ansell ('Chalmers) should fill the vacant Cabinet chair, bat political expediency may block his possible elevation. It is known that Mr A. D. M’Leod (Wairarapa) has Cabinet aspirations and as the leader of the section which initiated the high exchange agitation he is bound to bo in the forefront when Mt Coates makes his final selection.