SIR W. HALL-JONES' APPOINTMENT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 610, 11 October 1913, Page 4

SIR W. HALL-JONES' APPOINTMENT.

- | The appoint:'',il j(' iicil a aisiin | guicfaed politician as WUiiain j Hall-Jones to ihc Council j will givo rise to wsaodpre-r.d ; atiFi'ae- | lion fihrou.friioui; fch*» Dominion. The action of {he Government in srownling a political opponent 1.-> iili (lii* position rendered viu-anfc by iho li.-a'h of Sir William Russell, is to commended as an indication that a vund party lino is not to bp drawn to tlu> deti'imGni; of the country at ]ar«;i>. There is no question as to the quail fi- j cp.tiona possessed by Sir William Hal!- j

Jotips tor livj jj<'^iAn .'in old politician who has occupied Iho highest Mini; Serial rnnk in the Dominion, ho has (h.> widest experience ol' th-.> politics of the country, and as i-jifh >ir has a -till v.- Wv.-~ • | i-rifti.--" <'f 1 ii.' country's require ? in re«»pt»el to both trade !LU.rt naiion.d irhuuh. It c::j: bo v :> 'y that nothing in thr v."::y = :-',:ii-uw iuteres'b will M-.Jhjt'SK';' -■ii William Hull-Jones in his wor:> oil the Legislative Council, cuui iLi'j Co rrnment in making the appoint ant hi:* acted up to the best tradition of the political life of the country. The appointment is a fitting recognition of long and honourable public f.-rvicp, sril v. ill Htand to the credit oi the Massey Government for all tim<-.