THE MINISTER FOR MINES
AN OPTIMISTIC SPEECH, | By Telegraph—Press Association. Hokitika, Last Night. > The Hon. Jas. Colvin, Minister of Mines, was met to-night by a deputation from the Westland County Council in respect to a number of local requirements. All the mattore brougM undt* his notice, he said, would receive hi» favorable consideration and attention. Ik { the course of his reply to expression! «f welcome to the district the Minuter said that he was of opinion that the Ministry was an able, thoroughly honest and straightforward one. He predicted that Mr. Payne and other Labor members would vote with the present Government for the next three years, and that if there was an appeal to th« country before then he believed th« present Government would go back with a fair majority, and that Sir Joseph Ward 'would yet ibe asked to again lead the Liberal Party. Mr. Colvin leaves •„ to-morrow morning for Greymouth, where he is to be entertained in the evening.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 241, 11 April 1912, Page 5
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162THE MINISTER FOR MINES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 241, 11 April 1912, Page 5
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