MINISTER OF LANDS.
The action of the Prim© {Minister in holding on to the poi-tMiLo of Lands, and ktecping it w.ai'in (for iMjr MjbNab, who it is hoped .to foist upon tie Balmerston North electors by this means, is being warmfty criticised by >both sides of politics. It is admitted that, whatever m;ay be his other quaJ ; iiio.i'tioiiti, Sir Jtis'eph, Wand has •xi pretensions to a knowledge of the land question. He is, an fast, a square peg in a round hole. His retention of the portfolio casts' an indirect slur upon every rural (representative on his own 'side .of the House, and it retards legislation upon the most important question which is before the country at the present moment. The underlying motive- is cknr> enough; but it trig extremely doubtful wiheiher the electors of Palmer ston North will be caught by sucth a 'bait.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10430, 22 September 1911, Page 4
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145MINISTER OF LANDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10430, 22 September 1911, Page 4
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