Beconstruction of the Ministry

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 51, 17 October 1889, Page 3

Beconstruction of the Ministry

The reconstruction of the Ministry, 'which has for some time been ex pected,. was definitely settled on Tues day. It proceeds upon the line which vre have^alreade indicated as probable, the Premier^handing over the Post-master-Generalship to Mr Mitchelson, who handover: Public >; Works to Mr Fergus, who in his turn hands over Justice, and Defence 'to Captain Russell, the last-named gentleman also becoming Colonial . Secretary, while Mr Richardson 'relinquisiies the Mines Department" to Mr Fergus, but undertakes the i/ne.WvpbrtfqUp of Agriculture^ Mr Hißlpp taking Education and Oharitaiile Aid. The Government as reconstructed will therefore be as follows : — '*■ Sir Harry Atkinson. — Premier, Colonial Treasurer, Commissioner of Stamps and Customs, and Minister of Sib Frederick ,/Whitaker.— Attorney General. Mr Mitchelson.rrrPoßtmaster-Gen-eral, Conimissioner-of jTelegraphs, and Minister for Native Affairs. Captain Russell —Colonial" Secretary Minister of Justice, ancf Mil - isterfor Defence. '^ \ MrT. Fergus. — Minister for Public Works and Mines. Mb G. F...RiCHAßi)SQN:.— Minister for Lands, Immigration and Agriculture. r . Mb T. W. Hislop.— Minister for Education and CbVartjtable. Aid. Me E: O.^J.' SteVens, : 'M,L,C— . Without ;p6rtfplio^ ; ?: . ]\uThese appointments' will be gazetted so soon as they shall have been ratified under the sign, manuat'Of 1 - his-'Ex cellency the "Governor.— H.Z. Times.