NEW GOVERNMENT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 102, 1 May 1940, Page 11

NEW GOVERNMENT

LIST OF PORTFOLIOS. ' i MR. FRASER'S CABINET. PERSONNEL UNCHANGED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) W ELL IN(> TON, Tuesday. The resignations of himself and his colleagues, who formed the temporary Miniftry following Mr. Savage's death, •u ere tendered to the Governor ! Jeneral, Viscount Galway, at Government House to-day by the Prime Minister, the Hon. P. Fraser, who submitted proposals for a new Government. His Excellency accepted the resignations and then approved Mr. Eraser's list of portfolios. Later Mr. Eraser and colleagues were sworn in. The new Government, with portfolios and Departments, is as follows : — The Hon. P. Fraser.—Prime Minister, Minister in Charge of Broadcasting, Legislative, Electoral, Audit, High Commissioners and Police Departments. The Hon. W. Nash.—Minister of Finance, Minister of Customs, Minister of Stamp Duties, Minister of Marketing, Minister in Charge of the Land and Income Tax, Public Service Superannuation and Census and Statistics Departments. The Hon. D. G. Sullivan.—Minister of Industries and Commerce, Minister of Supply, Minister of Railways, Minister in Charge of the Scientific and Industrial Research. Department. The Hon. H. G. R. Mason. —Minister of Education, Attorney-General, Minister of Justice, Minister in Charge of the Prisons Department, Public Trust and Patents Offices. The Hon. H. T. Armstrong.—Minister of Health. Minister in Charge of the Mental Hospitals Department, Minister in Charge of Housing and State Advances. The Hon. R. Semple.—Minister of Public Works, Minister in Charge of Roads and Public Buildings, Minister of Transport, Minister of Marine, and Minister in Charge of Inspection of Machinery. The Hon. W. E. Parry.—Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Social Security, Minister in Charge of the Registrar-General's Office. The Hon. P. C. Webb.—Minister of Labour, Minister of Mines, PostmasterGeneral, Minister of Telegraphs, Minister in Charge of the Printing and Stationery Departments. The Hon. F. Jones. —Minister of Defence, Minister in Charge of War Pensions. The Hon. W. Lee Martin.—Minister of Agriculture, Minister in Charge of the Friendly Societies and National Provident Fund Departments. The Hon. F. Langstone.—Minister of Lands, Commissioner of State Forests, Minister of External Affairs, Native Minister, Minister for the Cook Islands, Minister in Charge of the Native Trust?' and Valuation Departments, Land for Settlements, Scenery Preservation and Tourist and Health Resorts. The Hon. D. Wilson.—Minister of Immigration, Minister of Man-power, Minister in Charge of the Government Life Insurance and State Fire Insurance Department. Because of illness, Mr. Lee Martin was unable to attend at Government House to-day, but he has been confirmed as a member of the Executive Council and in the office of Minister of Agriculture until he is sufficiently recovered to be sworn in.