CABINET MINISTERS

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 114, 9 February 1944, Page 4

CABINET MINISTERS

All Confirmed In Office

DECISION OF CAUCUS

The whole question of the personnel of Cabinet was discussed by the caucus of the Parliamentary Labour Party at its meeting in Wellington yesterday afternoon. The Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, Was unanimously re-elected Leader of the Party, at the caucus held in Octcbe*’ following the General Election, and at yesterday’s caucus all other Ministers were confirmed in office on a vote being taken-

The caucus was the second held by the Party since the General Election, and the first the Prime Minister had attended since that date, Mr. Fraser being away ill at the time of ’the October caucus. It began yesterday morning, and was continued in the. afternoon and again last night. Most of the morning session was occupied with an address by the Prime Minister, who reviewed the work of the Government and the projects in the patty’s election programme and dealt with steps to be taken for their implementation. Au account of his visit to Australia with the Minister of Defence, Air. Jones, and the Minister of Labour, Mr. Webb, for the purpose of attending the conference at which the Australian-New Zealand agreement was made, was also given by Mr. Fraser. At tile evening session the report in connexion with the Australian-New Zealand Agreement was unanimously adopted, and the agreement approved. The, caucus will continue today.