THE NEW MINISTRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18861, 8 November 1924, Page 11

THE NEW MINISTRY.

SECOND BALDWIN TEAM.

CHANGES m PERSONNEL.

new colonial secretary.

ME. CHIIECHILL INCLUDED.

OLD FRIENDS REMEMBERED

By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received 7.30 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON Nov. 6. It has been officially announced that the principal portfolios in Mr. Stanley Baldwin's second Cabinet are as follow, the names of Ministers in funilar positions in the. first Baldwin Administration last year being given in parentheses: — Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, Mr. Stanley Baldwin (no change.) Lord Privy Seal, Marquess of Salisbury (Viscount Cecil.) Lord "President of the Council and Leader in the House of Lo>ds, Marquess Curzon (Marquess of Salisbury.) Lord Chancellor, Viscount Cave (no change.) ~ _ Homo Secretary of State, Sir W. Joyn-SOn-Hicks (Mr. W. C. Bridgeman.) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs r.nd Deputy Leader in the House of Commons, Mr. Austen Chamberlain (Marquess Curzon.) . Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. 1,. C. M. S. Amery (Duke of Devonshire.) Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Winston Churchill (Mr. N. Chamberlain.) Secretary of State for India, Earl o! Birkenhead (Viscount Peel.) First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. W. 0. Bridgeman (Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery.) Secretary of State for Air, Sir S. Hoare (no change.) Secretary of State for War, Sir L. Worthington-Evans (Earl of Derby.) j President of the Board of Trade, Sir Fhilip -Lloyd-Q-reame (no change.) j Minister for Labour, Sir Arthur SteelMaitland (Sir M. Barlow.) Minister for Education, Lord Eustace Percy (Hon. E. F. L. Wood.) Attorney-General, Sir D. M. Hogg (no Cl Sister for Health, Mr. Neville Chamberlain (Sir. W- Joynson-Hicks.) Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. F. • Wood (Sir B. A. Sanders.) Secretary- of State Scotland, Sir John Gilmour (Viscount Novar.) CONSERVATIVE POLICY. SOCIAL REFORM PLEDGES. MR. BALDWIN'S DETERMINATION. Renter. LONDON. Nov. 6. Sir W. Joynson Hicks, presiding at the Council of the Primrose League, said he knew Mr. Baldwin was determined there should bo no reaction in the policy of the Conservative party. Mr. Baldwin intended to proceed with a policy of social and carrying out the pledges given to the people. SEASONS FOE OMISSIONS LORD DERBY'S REFUSAL.

| LIBERALS IN CONFERENCE. Australian and N.Z. Cn-blo Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 6. The Morning Post states that Sir Robert Home will probably be unable to join the Ministry because of his business commitments. Lord Derby has refused *>Hico in any capacity, explaining that while ho whole-heartedly supports the Conservatives,- ho feels that there is plenty of material available for Cabinet making and he prefers to devote his time to Lancashire affairs, political and otherwise.

Prominent Liberals held a conference and decided that Mr. Asquith should address his followers at the Reform Club on Monday before d?parture on a holiday to Egypt.

The National Conference of Liberals has been fixed for early in 1925, to discuss the position of the party. TRIBUTE TO MR. THOMAS. WORK AT COLONIAL OFFICE. A CERTAIN DISTINCTION. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Kov. 6. The Times eulogises Mi-. J. H. Thomas' York at the Colonial Office. His was one of the few personal records in the MMcDonald Government which not only w;j, irreproachable, but which carried a cer-i tain distinction.