THE NEW PORTFOLIO.
According to the Post which journal is usually pretty well informed, the latest rumor with reference to the proposed new portfolio is that should Parliament consent to the recommended increase in the number of salaried Ministers, the portfolio of Railways would be alloted to the Hon. R. Oliver, who at present holds a seat in the Cabinet without portfolio. An impression prevails that this course may not improbably be adopted foi several reasons. It would have the effect of disposing of various rival claims, while it would not increase the actual numerical strength of the Ministry, and, moreover, it would be simply replacing at the head of the department a Minister under whose former regime some valuable reforms were effected. It is also thought that it would be hardly fair to pass over Mr Oliver in favour of an outsider, seeing that he has so long given the Cabinet the benefit of his services without salary, more especially as the proposed new portfolio is one which he practically held formerly in connection with that of Public Works.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1069, 6 August 1883, Page 2
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