NEW MINISTERS. OLD NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17981, 26 January 1924, Page 13

NEW MINISTERS.

OLD NEW ZEALAND.

F OB LAB° UR TEAM ' ( ~B PE TroTE BWEIGH' * secbetaev. LONDON. January iM. ; . following additional appoint- £ bee. n:ade to the M.u.5r ' jjr T. 0. Eoberts, Minister oi penaions. j,j patrlcJ: Hastings, K.C.. At toraer-Gcncral. jjj S. H. Sles3cr, Solicitor-Gon-ers!. jjjjrant Hodges, Civil Lord of the Admiralty. g. Gosling, Minister of Transport. jj{ William Graham, Financial Sccretn?y to the Treasury, jjv i J, lawson, Financial .Secretary to the War Office. g f B, 0. Spoor, Parliamentary Sjcrctary to the r I rcasury, M d Chief Whip. «,/allowing are Under-Secretaries: W»r— Ci Attlec - Colonics —Mr Sydney Arnold, ftjaiga Affairs-Mr Arthur Ponsonby. doae Office—Mr Rhys John Da vies. Scottish (Health)— Mr James Stewart. 3jfj)]Awing are Parliamentary SecSStl!* Adwiralty—Mr 0. G. Ammoa. igrienltur&—Mr Walter E. Smith. Jfird of Trader—Mr A. V. Alexander. Station—Mr Morgan Jones. Health-rMr Arthur Greenwood. Labenr —Miss Margaret BondHeld. Mitei—Mr E. Bhipwell. Orcneaj Trade—Mr William Dunn.

ii' O.Baticrts is 47 yoar B old, and life a member for Wost Bromwich a# 1811. Ha Is a trade union secsiij, ud a member of the National attire of tic Labour Party,

[Hi Mjfc Hastings, K.C., has been i KRttriM 6 mining engineer, a solAfrican War), a journalist, npw a, Minister of the bwv jjra bom in 1880, and has Sit ftif|j[cnt for Wallsend since

■Si FrteJt Hodges, who is sitting in ifl general secretary pfelfes' Fetation of Great is 46 years ol(j. He went »«Sij toal mines at the age of jjad realised a collier until 21. ttSaja npjet spent two years at wow Colleges, and in 1913 9i#dTi' agant in Glamorgan- %• Hs lias been secretary of the Sutoaatioftal federation since VJOm writes a book on the Wstion of t!)o mining industry.

kltny Gosling entered Parliap' Wi JWi Ho ia ,tho leader of FjW Party. on the London E. k President of the General Workers' Union, NpU Umott (bora 1881) worked [ISr a S a of 12, and be'camo WrWigossan. In. addition to acLT B J S 4 fr®f!e union leader, he l».i»j ® nr ' uun County Council, toV u l , a &ldo '™an in 1919, the FJj'Mm he was returned to Par-

yaiUm w i, 0 i 3 j ust 36 3 . a Brad«at9 in Arts and itetl K? V and a « ' Journalist. Ho has iX* E &nborgh Town CounselJ?*?*•' of Ho ? a1 Commiswii? - ,f ea ' economls and tv He as return_ p,vlsija -13 din ia wis, at the ago

® onafieJ di who reproTOOnth - She ia n/ th " T wo ®en workers' S ecFVA.Lt nWal *«!"»■' Union, 4 ui?^ Oman ehaiiman of the 1 Uto9 Congress General Coun-

wsl ° is 41 years HieCU* 7 «9«etary to Mr iu I 93 Leade r of the « tt»i"?V lo< *? T «* "I Social *&'■ S * lwol of EcoA ind J lO labour Party I Wahi Parliament in war service in H\ France ' lat * i^^ss terivSaws. ai at ..JV 13 , . represented and i 8 ' eral wternational r 6l Cotatv c lfl n a aemher of the Mr Amnion, H.WhiJ; House 111 WlB, has *Red 38, and eniw' * Beh«oi t«. • waa hj, but lost objecT!? as a t *W.e m y a f ag tho w ar. 9 Wt »H in tu l a W?p ss seted to It lsh mines, £* fe> 1919 He^ anior san t at ">aal rw m 8 a ®em- , tS^C?S;: Cll of «" InWaj 9f in » nd was after- £^,! f .WS. a® mic 8 the ttle Mini-f Waa assiflty a oa L th# tawoaa wL-?, nd j°wt- ? hltl °7 ComSmt* on 10 " 8 - Since

ONE MAN ONE JOB,

MINISTERS RESIGN UNIONPOSITIONS.

(austp.alia:; »:ro x.:. cable association.) {llfceivc-'l January 25th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 20. AI! Ministers have resigned iheir Trade (;-' : on positions, including Mr J. H. Thomas, Mr V. Hartshorn, Mr S. W'nhh ; Mr J. R. Clynes, Mr iO. Shinwoil. and Mica Margaret Bondiiekt.

NO RASH EXPERIMENTS

BUSINESS MEN'S POSITION

akd cable association.)

(Iteceivecl January 2oth, 5.5 p m.) LONDON, January 25.

Dr. Walter Leaf, presiding at a meeting of the London County and AVcstminster Bank, said that the political situation «as piquant and inteiesting, bui from the business men's point of view not wholly satisfactory. The election delivered them probably ior years from th« fear of ruih economic experiments, whether iii the form of inflation, Protection or the capital levy, 'illere was no panic, hut some nervousness among amateur inveatora, who should remember that it was easy to lose in American investments quite as much as through any capital levy. The country was recovering with all the steadiness that could reasonably bo hoped for. It only needed patience, peace and work.

RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.

BRITISH AMBASSADOR

(Sydket "Sun" Service.) LONDON, January 24. It is definitely stated that should the Russian Government be accorded recognition by Britain, the appointment of Mr James O'Grady, MtP., as Ambassador to Moscow will be announced immediately.

It is the opinion in Ministerial circles' that diplomatic recognition of Russia is a foregone conclusion as a result of tho General Election and the attitude of manufacturers in general. [Mr O'Grady is 57 years of age, He was returned as Labour inemoer tor East Leeds in 1906 and has sac for South-East Leeds sinoo 1918. He is secretary of the National Federation of General Workers. From 1915 to 1918 he was an officer with British, French, American and Russian troops in various theatres of war. He was sent by tho Government on a special mission to Russia in the spring of 1917, also to meet a representative of tho Russian Soviet Government to negotiate the exchange of British prisoners of war, and th® repatriation of all British civilians at that time (1919) in Soviet Russia. In a straight-out contest at the last General Election, Mr O'Grady's was 5100 over the Tiibernl candidate, so if Mr Arthur Henderson (Secretary of State 'for Home Affairs) should contest the seat at a the chances are that he would he elected.]

NEW GOVERNMENT STROKE

MR MACDONALD STARTS THE

DAY EARLIER.

(AtrsTBiUAU ASn V.S. cable ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 25th, 8,35 p.m.) LONDON, January 25.

The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that Mr Ramsay MaeDonald has established a notable departure from tradition by starting work at the Foreign Office before ten o'clock.

For generations the working hour 3 there have been even shorter than in Government Departments, starting at least an hour later, though the higher officials were frequently found working late in the evening.

.Mr MaeDonald i*s determined to spare neither himself nor liia subordinates, holding that abnormal times require abnormal efforts.

NOT CONVERTS TO LABOUR.

THE PEERS' POSITION.

(Sydney "Suh" Service}

LGNIXJN, January 24

Enquiries made in Cabinet circles indicate that Lord Chelmsford and Lord Parmoor were invited to join the Ministry becau&o a certain number of peers was essential for carrying on tho King's Government. Neither could Bo regarded as a convert to the Labour movement. Both had received assurances that Mr Mac Donald's policy would not endanger the stability of Britain or the Empire, and, therefore, thev considered it their duty to render all possible assistance to carry on the Government. It is claimed that Mr MaeDonald has filled the Cabinet posts with remarkable cleverness. No one has been given Ministerial authority in a direction in which he had already enunciated extremist views.

LABOUR'S POLICY RIGHT.

LORD CHELMSFORD'S ASSUR-

ANCE.

(EZTTTEB'S TELEGBAM3.) LONDON, January 24. A communique states that the first meeting of the new Cabinet lasted two hours. Preliminary decisions were taken regarding a number of questions, including unemployment, housing, agriculture, and those affecting ex-service men; with a view to effecting immediate improvements in tho administration and the working out of details of the policy to be announced when Parliament meets.

Interviewed by the "Daily Herald," Lord Chelmsford (First Lord of the Admiralty) stated that ho did not agree to aceept office until satisfied that the immediate policy of the Labour Party was such r. a he could reasonably help to promote.

WOMEN MEMBERS UNITED

LADY ASTOR CHAMPIONS MISS BONDFIELD. (SsnxsT "Sex" SEEVTCT.) LONDON", January 24. "I. am certain that if any man liad ciono as much tverk for tlie Labour Party as Miss Bondfield has he would have been a'member of the Cabinet,-"' said Lady Astor (Conservative) in an angry speech at a reception tendered to •women members of the House of Commons by the Society for Equal Citi-

zcnsnip. Lady Astor added that every -woman in the country, irrespective of party, has been hoping that Miss Bondfield would be a Cabinet Minister.

(i We arc all bitterly disappointed at the omission," said Lady Astor. "It is a sign that women have still to fight against the prejudices of people. It is said that Miss Bondfield was omitted because of want of Parliamentary experience. I know some Cabinet Ministers whose Parliamentary experience is not to their credit." Miss Dorothea Jewson (Labour, Norwich) said that the Labour Party really was anxious to appoint women. She knew Miss Bondfield did net want to enter the Cabinet. It waa a tremendous advance to have women in the Government, and the 3' all might rejoice thereat.

EARL'S DISMAL OUTLOOK

(AUSTRALIAN A:i» S-Z- <-ABLE ASSOCIATION.)

SYDNEY. January 25

The Earl of Ilarrowby, prior to sailing for Wellington in the Maunganui, prodieted a brief career for the British Labour Ministry. Its continuance in power, he believes, would result in chaos and further unemployment.

MAKING HISTORY

MR HOLLAND'S VIEWS

(PEESS ASSOCIATION TELEGBAII.)

WESTPORT, January 25.

Mr H. E. Holland, M.P., was loudly cheered yesterday when, in speaking at the local watersiders' picnic, he referred to the British Labqur Party's accession to office as one of the greatest events in the history of the British Empire. In the war atmosphere of the election of 1913, he said, Messrs Mac Donald, Snowden, Trevelyan and Jpwett had suffered defeat. The whole fury of the stprnr of slander was then directed against them and was met with confidence and cheerfulness. To-day the man moat slandered of all was the Prime Minister of Britain, with the others for his trusted colleagues, as tne leaders of the only party with a policy capable of extricating the Empire from the . economic plough into which postwar conditions had plunged it. Mr Mac Donald had some time ago declared that the principal portfolios in a Labour Cabinet would be those of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs. Consistent with that declaration, he himself had taken the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. The Labour Party's manifesto, issued just nrior to the December elections, provided for dealing with the problem of unemnloyment on a basis of national schemes of productive work th© adequate maintenance of workers where work was not provided ; the development of agricultural land; the reform of international relationship? making for peace; a capital levy to reduce the national debt, thus making possible the abolition of food duties; an amusements tax; a corporation profits tax. as well as a scheme to provide money for the necessary social services; public ownership and control of mines, railway service, and electrical power stations ; education, care and protection of children; provision'for widowed mothers, the aged and the invalided, eta.

it remained to be seen whether tho present Parliament would permit these great changes to be made, but one thing was cortain—especially if it should be found possil!e to achieve full adult suffrage in the meantime—at "the noxt election the British people would give the Labour Party a majority over tho two other parties.

BOOKS TO BE SOLD

(BT CiSLE—FBESS A3SOCIATIOK COPYRIGHT.) (AtFStfBAIXAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.)

LONDON, January 24

Hodgson and Company will auction, on May 2nd, a remarkable collection of Australian and New Zealand books, prints and maps collected by the lata Mr John. Calvert. The owners would prefer to sell en bloc for a moderate price.