POLITICAL.
By telegram in our last issue, it was announced that the Stafford Government had b.«en thrown out by a majority of two. Mr Stafford at once placed the resignation oi' his Ministry in the hands of the Governor ; and, upon the ground th.it neither party in the had a woi king majority, asked for a dissolution. This his kxcel--1 'iicy refusal to grant, mainly for the reas uis that there was no great question to refer to the 01.11 tituencies, and that tho country regarded the difference between hj" leading public men as b ing personal nther than politica', and on matt rs of detail rather than principle. Mr Vo»el was then suit for by the Governor, and on Welnesdiy, in announcing that he had undertaken to form a Ministry, requested ■hat the Mouse should adjourn unt.l Fri<lay. Since then, as will be seen by a lelegr.iin elsewhere, Mr Vegel has succeeded in constructing a Cabinet. A telegram in t'ie Tuapeka Tims* says Mr T. L. Shepherd insists on being appointed Minister of Mines. No such office is yet in existence, but, if it is created, it is extremely doubtful whether Mr Shepherd will receive this appointment, even as a reward for his adhesion to Mr Vogel.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 156, 15 October 1872, Page 5
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