EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
DUKE AND CHAIRMANSHIP.
RESIGNATION RUMOURED.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
(Heed. 9.5 p.m.)
LONDON. Feb. 4.
It is rumoured that, thp Duke of Devonshire, Secretary of ; State, for the Colonies, has resigned the chairmanship of the British Empire Exhibition, and ', that Sir Robert Home, late Chancellor of the Exchequer, has not accepted an in- . vitation to succeed him. I"; is understood that the Duke of Devonshire's resig- . nation is not connected with Sir W. Joynson Hicks' report, which will bo issued to-morrow, but is due "co the difficulty of retaining the post since his appointment of Colonial Secretary.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18317, 6 February 1923, Page 7
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