THE HON. J. A. MILLAR

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 254, 26 April 1912, Page 5

THE HON. J. A. MILLAR

ttIVEN A FREE HAND. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. A meeting of the Hon. J. A. Millar's Dunedin and Roslyn committees was held to-night, at his request, to hear a statement as to the circumstances under which he declined to proceed to final nomination for the position of Prime Minister, at the caucus recently hold in Wellington. The meeting was held in private. Mr. Millar was very frank in his statement that in his opinion the relation of the parties at present was so close as to render it impossible for the business of the country to be carried on satisfactorily, and unless a party could be found having a substantial working majority it was in the best interests of the Dominion that an election should be held as soon as possible. He requested the members of his committee to allow him a free hand in future, promising that he would not in any way depart from the principles which lie had advocated in the past. 'The meeting, which was most enthusiastic, decided unanimously: That this meeting desires to express its complete confidence in Mr. Millar, and gives him a free hand to actin future as he thinks best in the interests of Otago and the Dominion of New Zealand.