“DIVINE CALL”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 545, 24 December 1928, Page 7

“DIVINE CALL”

Minister Ascribes Cabinet Appointment MR. STALLWORTHY’S PORTFOLIO Saying that he regarded his elevation to Cabinet rank as a Divine call to service, the Hon. A. J. Stallworthy, Minister of Health, reviewed the result of his campaign at a meeting of his constituents in the Dominion Road Methodist Hall on Saturday evening. * “I did nor aeex Cabinet rank or project myself before others,” said Mr. Stallworthy. “Because of that I regard my appointment as a real call to service. and I will go forward with supreme confidence. “I look upon my portfolio as one of the most important, if not the most, important, in the country. Upon the health of the people rests the greatness of a nation, and it lies within my power to do wonderful humanitarian work from one end of the country to the other.” “There are great things to be done, and I am confident I will be able to do much to assist those who are stricken with a physical or mental disease.” Referring to Motuihi. he took no blame for the delay in throwing the island open to the public. Certain precautions had to be taken to be'on the Complaint was also made by Mr. Stallworthy that the Government had been criticised for lack of a definite policy. Members of the Reform Party asked Sir Joseph Ward in the House of Representatives where his loan of £70.000.000 was not more than an hour after the United Party had been in office. It would take some time for them to acquaint themselves with conditions, and the promised reforms could not be carried out in a day. Sir Joseph Ward had already put a stop to men being put off their properties by the State Advances Department. He had said that in future no man should be turned out of his home without the ease first being submitted to the Government. Mr. Stallworthy was entertained by his election committee at tea on Saturday. and later met his constituents at a musical gathering.