LABOUR APPOINTMENTS

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2242, 25 June 1929, Page 5

LABOUR APPOINTMENTS

HIGH PORTS TO CONSERVATIVES POSITIONS FOR LABOURITES (Anst. and N.Z. Cable) (Official British Wireless) (Received 11.30 a.m.) Rugby, June 24. The following additional appointments h.v the MacDonald Cabinet were approved by the King:— Earl Cromer to be Lord Chamberlain. Earl Shaftesbury to he Lord Steward . Earl Grannrd to he Master of the Horse. Air* Ren Smith to be Treasurer of the King’s household. Afr Thomas Henderson to he controller of the household. Afr John Hayes to he vie©-Chamb-erlain. Earl of Cavan to be. Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms. Afajor-General Lord Loch to be Captain of tlie Yeomen of the Guards. PERSONAL NOTES Mr Bon Smith who has been the member of Parliament for Rother-: hith© since 1923, is organiser of the Transport and General Workers' Union nn-d'i has been, the Labour Party’s Whip for three years. Air Thomas Henderson, who is 01 years old, has been the Labour member for. Tradoston in Glasgow since 1922. lie is the Scottish Labour AVhip and prominent in the co-operative’ movement. Air John Haves is an ox-policeman g is the son of a police inspector and has been the- Labour member for Edge-hill in Liverpool for six years. Shortly after ioining the. Aletropolitnn police force in 1901 he was,: appointed to the Administrative staff* and became sergeant. He resigned., ten years ago to become general see-' rotary of the National Union of police;, and prison officers. Tie is a member :,

of the Executive of the National Labour Party.