DEFENCE PORTFOLIO.
HON. J. 0. COATB9 RETICENT. ; (By Our Special Reporter.) Stratford, Last Night. _ The Hon. J. G. Coates was very re« ticent when asked by a Daily News re« porter to-day if he was likely to ae. ... cept the portfolio of Defence, which it .was reported had been offered to him. "Don't you think I've got enough to do already?" he replied to the reporter's query "Surely Public Works : and Postmaster-General is enough to keep tne busy without adding defenie to my job." Mn Ooates added that he had heard nothing about the matter since leaving Wellington, and in any case he would not be able to say anything until he got back there.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1920, Page 4
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115DEFENCE PORTFOLIO. Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1920, Page 4
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