WAR CABINET ENDS
<, FINAL MEETING HELD. (Special) WELLINGTON, Aug. 2L The War Cabinet held its last meeting this morning. The Prime Minister announced that it had unanimously come to the conclusion that its functions can now be performed by the Government Cabinet. As a result. Hon. A. Hamilton and Hon. W. Perry retire by mutual consent and have handed their resignations to the Governor-General. Mr Hamilton has served since 1940 and Mr Perry since the death of Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates in 1943. Mr Fraser expressed high appreciation of the War Cabinet which, as a wartime political administration, had more than justified the highest expectations and the success of their task was reflected in the manner in which the country's magnificent war effort had been conducted, he said.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 224, 21 August 1945, Page 2
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