THREE SEATS.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1915, Page 5

THREE SEATS.

«. J MASSEY'S OFFER TO WARD. DISCUSSION STILL PROCEEDING. (Uy Wive—Own Correspondent.) .Wellington, Last Nijfiit. Many! members ol the House of Representatives have gone to their homes lor the week-end, and the legislators who remain in the city have little that is new to say with regard to the coalition proposition. They understand that tha discussion of the. 'proposals made by the Prime .Minister is proceeding as 'between the two party leaders, but tbev exneet no announcement before Tuesday next at the .earliest. The belief that there is going to be no coalition is general, but there are vorious rumors afloat regarding the possibility of the parties - agreeing upon some modified form of cooperation for the purposes of the war. Many member* would welcome any reasonable proposal in that direction, but undoubtedly the feeling is growing, that the outcome of the negotiations is not , a in "tier ti.' the first, importance nfter all, since (be procoo.!in;m in the House have proved that the parties can work together amicable for war purposes, despite the rdomieniess of the Govern- g nient's majority. Several members have expressed this view to a representative of the Nov; Zealand Time-. The nature of the proposal that was tiou by the Prim.' Al'mister at the first conference W no longer a secret. The ic.atter appears to have been discussed al the V.. lo.m i-.xw'm on Monday last; at any rate the members of the Government I'.a'lv v.co nco'.iainted with the terms of the offer, which has becomes ■.-encval pvonerh. The prooo nl. as indicated lire ionsh-, was that the Opposition should have three seats in tlm Cabinet of nine members. It. is stntol that the "aii-r. of the two members who were <■> a. ■■ompnnv the leader of the. (Vpo-iii'tn ;, 'io ibe I'. b'v • -'.or,, ecn-tiom-.l ;., Coxenimeut before the I'vmie Minister ion> ; ; slnteavnt > n the llom'e. ''lf the o!' r <- <m>,'i-.-1 there ....;.| ; , "iei.i'a>r of the (Opposition ye«terv. -'•■(', ■ i :i-l '■• ■''••.'•, hat tl'.eiv m.av l>e ,l|o:-e to Ml»e."