WHO WILL SUCCEED SIR JAMES PARR?

Shannon News, 13 April 1926, Page 4

WHO WILL SUCCEED SIR JAMES PARR?

WELLINGTON PUSHES ITS CLAIM. R, A. WRIGHT AS MINISTER OF EDUCATION. The Palmerston Times, which accurately forecasted the recent choice of Ministers, publishes the following telegram this morning:— (From Omur Political Observer.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. It seems now to be almost a cer- J tainty that Mr R. A. .Wright, M.P., for j Wellington Suburbs, will be the new Minister, and ‘that toe will most probably take over the portfolio of Education. There has been a great deal of mild surprise at this latter unofficial announcement. Wellington was fighting for and expecting—representation in Cabinet. Seeing that territorial claims appear to outweight personal fitness Mr Wright’s choice has been looked upon lately as more or less inevitable, because he is the only representative of the Empire City who by any stretch of imagination can be said to be capable of handing the job. When it comes to the portfolio of education, however, Mr Wright will have a hard row to hoe. Whoever gets that job—one of the biggest in Cabinet—will follow a man who, with all his'faults, had vision and ability. Sir James Parr did a great deal for education in New Zealand, and liis .successor should be a big man. Mr K. S. Williams is the next likeliest on the list, hut is said not to be hankering after the honour, so shat there is still a chance for Palmerston’s representative, Mr J. A. Nash.