B. CARRUTHERS RESIGNS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 6, 2 October 1907, Page 5

B. CARRUTHERS RESIGNS.

NEW PSEMIE2. 1 MR. C. G. WADE WILL SUCCEED. ILL-HEALTH AND CABINET DIFFICULTIES. By Telegraph—Association— Copyright. Sydney, October 1. The breakdown of the Hon. J. 11. • Carruthers, Premier of New Soutli i Wales, has proved more serious than was anticipated, and has resulted, under medical advice, in his resigtmi tion of the Premiership. . • After a protracted Cabinet meeting, tho Attorney-Goneral (Mr. Wade) officially 'announced at a very Into hour t last night that tho Premier's health had given way under the strain, and , that ho had been compelled to send in his resignation during tho ovoning. Mr. Wade added that ho expected ; to be sent for to-day to lorn l , a Minis- ■ try. Parliament wili, as arranged, meet to-morrow. ' Apart from the official statements, it is believer] that the difficulties met with by Mr. Carruthers in his task of completing the reconstruction of tho Ministry had something to do with his v .resignation. THE CABINET. (Received October 1, 11.44 p.m.) Sydney, October 1. 1 Tho following is tho new Ministry Premier and Attorney-General, Hon. 1 C. G. Wade. Treasurer, Hon. T. Waddoll. Minister for Lands, Hon. T. Moore. Minister for Works, Hon. C. A. • Lee. ; Ministor for Instruction, Hon. J. A. i Hogne. : Minister for Mines and Agriculture, ' Hon. J. Perry. s ' Chief Secretary, Hon. W. H. Wood. 1 Honorary Minister in the House of . Representatives, Hon. C., W. Oakes. i Vico-President of tho Executive | Council, Hon. John Hughes, M. L.C. Honorary Minister in the Legislative . Council, Hon. James Ashton. ; THE MEN OF THE HOUR. TWO LAWYER-POLITICIANS. | Hon. J. H. M'Neil Carruthers was" born at Kiama, New South Wales, in ; 1857, of comparatively poor parents, belonging to the pioneer settler class. His schooling was equally humble of its , kind, but was marked by signal pro- ; gress, and a term at Goulburn -High ! School served as a short preparation for tho Sydney University, then in its youth. Here, at the ago of 18, he graduated 8.A., was subsequently ar- ; tided to Mr. A. 11. M'Cullough, solicitor, 1 and in 1373 was called to the Bar. Eight . years'afterwards he won a seat in the ; Assembly, repressnting Canterbury electorate, and in tho course of the election first made publicly known his great [ platform power and grip of tho practical bearings of political questions which eventually raisea him to the ' chief position in the State. In Parliament he at once exercise! great influence in the councils of the free trade party.ln 1389 ..Sir . Henry Pa'rkcs | offered him, and ho accepted, the portfolio of Publio Instruction. In this capacity Mr. Carruthers is acknowledged to havo done good service for education ' generally, and for technical education ;in particular. From 831 to 1894 he. was out of office, but in the latter, year he joined the Roid administration as ■ Minister for Lands, and introduced the Land Act' of 1895. Just prior to Mr. Raid's downfall, Mr. Carruthers was. for a few months Treasurer. In ISO 2, 1 by unanimous vote of the party, ho ! took the leadership of the Opposition, .which grew from a small minority to a majority in 1894, when he assumed ' tho office of Premier, together with the ' portfolio of Treasurer, which position • lis has hold up to the present. His i bitter contentions with the Federal : authorities with regard to the capital ; site and other questions, culminating in ■ the seizure of tho wire-netting in de- : fiance of the Commonwealth, havo contributed a largo portion of the Austra- ' lian history of the last few months. Hon- C. G. Wade, who has a groat ' reputation as a member of the New ' South Wales Bar, and who holds \tlic ; portfolio of Attorney-General in the Cnrrutlicrs Ministry, was born at Singleton, the Hunter Valley, in 1853. His : education was mainly achieved at the i King's Ejchool, where he won a scholcir- ' ship and entered at Morton College, i Oxford, where ho graduated with I honours in 18§5. Ho was a noted foot- : bailer, playing three-quarters for Ox- ; ford University, and in'the same place I in the field in the English International • team for four years. He was' cqually , brilliant on the running track ill disl tances over 100 yards, and as a rewer, • being tried in the Oxford first 16 for - the trial eights. Having been called to the Bar at the Inner-Temple, Mr. . Wade, in 18SG, returned to New South i Wales, and commenced practico as a barrister, rapidly rising in tho pro- [ fession, till, in 1891,, lie was appointed ■ a country Crown Prosecutor. This led" [ to further promotion in the Central . Criminal Court at Darlinghurst, and - eventually to the responsible office of ! acting District Court Judge on several occasions. As a member of several ' Royal Commissions he conducted many important inquiries. Prior to accepting Ministerial office in ISM, Mr. Wado i sat in'the Legislative Assembly forGor- , don constituency. His administration 1 as Attorney-General has been associated - with two outstanding events, the passi ing of the gambling laws and the pro- [ s2c ution of those concerned in tho land i scandals.