THE CABINET

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 202, 23 May 1936, Page 8

THE CABINET

No More Appointments For Some Time MR. NASH TO REMAIN MINISTER OF FINANCE No additional appointments to the Ministry wil be made for some time yet, according to a .statement made last night by the Prime Minister, Kt. Hon. M. J. Savage, in an interview. "1 have certainly discussed in general terms the advisability of increasing the numerical strength of the Cabinet,” Mr. Savage said. “With the pressure of work under which Ministeis are labouring at present, an increase is inevitable. However, the matter of making additional appointments is not one for myself to decide as Prime Minister. It has to receive the consideration of the Government as a whole. That same pressure of work which makes it necessary for additional Cabinet Ministers to be appointed has rendered it impossible for the question of further appointments to be discussed. So far the matter has not even been before the Cabinet.” There might well be several members of the Government party qualified for Ministerial posts, said Mr. Savage, and if an increase in the personnel of the Cabinet should be tjecided on, portfolios would bo redistributed so that additional members would be charged with the administration of affairs in which they were particularly interest-

Tlie Prime Minister added that the visit to Great Britain of the Hon. Walter Nash would not necessitate his relinquishing the portfolio of Finance. "Mr. Nash is Minister of Finance and wil remain Minister of Finance while this Government is in office.”