COALITION CABINET
Agreement Reached in Australia MR. LYONS AND DR. PAGE Country Party Members to Join Ministry ( By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Canberra, November 1. As the result of negotiations between the Federal Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, and Dr. Earle Page, Leader of the Country Party, a satisfactory understanding has been reached for co-operation by the Country Party in the government of Australia.
This announcement was made officially after a meeting of the Federal Cabinet, which lasted until 1 o’clock this morning. The arrangement provides for the inclusion of four members of the Country Party in the Cabinet, two holding portfolios and two being honorary members.
Dr, Earle Page will rank next to the Prime Minister in order of precedence. He will thus be Deputy-Lead-er of the Government and Acting-Prime Minister in the absence of Mr. Lyons. No announcement of the personnel of the new Ministry will be made until after the no-confidence amendment moved in the House of Representatives by Mr. J. H. Scullin, Leader of the Labour Party, is disposed of.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 33, 2 November 1934, Page 11
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