THE CABINET.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1920, Page 2

THE CABINET.

EARLY RETIREMENT OF SIR | WILLIAM HERRIES.

WELLINGTON, Dee. 2,3. Sir 'William Herries, who is now out of hospital, and .has regained his normal •health, has booked his passage for England, in the Arawa. It is now practically certain that he will hand in his portfolios to Mr Massey, though he may retain his seat in Parliament. This will mean either the appointment of a new Minister or a reorganisation of portfolios. Sir William Herries, who is one of the ablest Ministers that New Zealand has had for many years, will be greatly missed. He will be especially missed next session if a Tariff Bill is to be. put through the House. Possibly his absence may lead to the deferring of the Tariff Bill until the next session of the Parliament, unless the Prime Minister himself undertakes to pilot the measure through the House of Representatives. In any case if a Tariff Commission is ty take evidence and make ‘exhaustive enquiries during the coming year, the preliminaries may not be sufficiently advanced to permit of the passing of a Bill through Parliament next session.

1 A limit 11 p.m. oil Christmas Night, the Central Firebell at Greymouth ' sounded an alarm,’ and a blaze in the neighbourhood of the nor’-west corner of tli e Park indicated its location. It proved to he a house occupied by a Chinese named bee, and the fire was in a room at the rear. The brigade arrivI ed before it had much of a hold, and soon put it out. The only damage was done to the room where the fire began. The owner of the house is Mr Felix Campbell.. Whilst the ferry steamer Maori was travelling from Lyttelton to Wellington ’ on Tuesday last a second class passenger missed a portmanteau and contents which ho valued at £2O. As a result of an information laid, George Horne descriljed a;- a fireman of the vessel, was at the Magistrate s Court, Christchurch, charged with the theft. It was stated that the bag had been found in the room of accused. Finally the magistrate said he was not satisfied with the explanation of accused, and said that there was “ too much of such thieving going oil at present.” The man was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. Ladies Costumes just opened out £o ,10s upwards. Men’s sports suits, boys and youths sport and other suits to be sold cheap for cash 17 J6 upwards; boy’s golf hose. Warners Corsets all sizes;

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