VICTORIAN POLITICS
MR. LAWSON’S NEW CABINET Melbourne, Afarch 19. Air. Lawson has formed his new Cabinet as f ollows: — Air! IT. S. W. Lawson, Premier and State Treasurer. Sir Arthur Robinson, Attorney-Gen-eral and Solicitor-General. Sir Alexander Peacock, Minister of Education, Labour, and Forests. Air. S. S. Argyle, Chief Secretary and Minister of Health. Air. D. S. Omao, Alinister of l ands and Immigration. Afr. Eggleston, Minister of Railways and Assistant Treasurer. Mr. IT. Isaac Cohen, Alinister of Public Works and Mines. Mr. J. Gordon,( Minister of Agriculture and Water Supply. There are also four honorary ATinisters as follow:--Messrs. Groves, Beai'dniore, McGregor, and Brawn.—• Press Assn
EARLY ELECTION PREDICTED (Rec. March 19. 9.30 p.m.) Melbourne, Alarch 19. Tho new State Ministry has been sworn in. After preparing its policy the Ministry will probably not meet Parliament till after Easter. It will be a short session and an early election is predicted. Tho Farmers’ Union is already preparing for an election, declaring that it would be better to go to tho country and securo a. workable majority than carry on under the present conditions. —Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 151, 20 March 1924, Page 7
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