PROSPECTIVE MINISTRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20272, 4 June 1929, Page 9

PROSPECTIVE MINISTRY.

MacDONALD'S CHOICE.

CHIEF POSTS ALLOTTED.

FORMER COLLEAGUES INCLUDED NUCLEUS OF THE CABINET. Australian and N.Z Press Association. (Received June 3, 9.55 1,1,111.) LONDON, June 3. The Daily Express says Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald has framed the main appointments in the event of his being called upon to form a-Ministry. They are: — Lord Privy Seal. —Mr. Arthur Hender-

Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Mr. Philip Snowden. Foreign Affairs.—Mr. J. H. Thomas. War.—Dr. Hugh Dalton. Lord President of the Council. —Lord Arnold. Air.—Lord Thomson. . Labour.—Mr. Thomas Shaw, with Miss Susan Lawrence as Parliamentary Secretary. Health.—Mr. Arthur Greenwood, with Miss Margaret Bondfield as Parliamentary Secretary. Board of Trade.—Mr. W. Graham. Agriculture.—Mr. Noel Buxton. Overseas Trade (an office the importance of which 'will be increased). —Mr. .A. V. Alexander. Education. —Sir Charles Trevelyan. Dominions.—Mr. T. Johnston, India.—Lord Olivier. Pensions.—Mr. F. 0. Roberts. Secretary for Scotland. —Mr. W. Adamson. Duchy of Lancaster and Representative at- the League of Nations. —Sir Oswald Mosley. Lord Chancellor.—Lord Parmoor. Attorney-General.—Sir Henry Slcsser. Solicitor-General. —Mr. Melville or Mr. Hoi ford Knight. Other appointments may be:—Colonel J. C. Wedgwood, Commander J. M. Keiiworthy, Mr. F. W. Jowott, Dr. 11. B. Lees-Smith, Mr. T. Kennedy, and Miss Ellen Wilkinson. ■ Several of the prospective -Ministers mentioned in the cablegram were members of Mr. Mac-Donald's Cabinet in 1924. They are:—Lord Parmoor, Lord Chancellor; Mr. Philip Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Mr. Arthur Henderson. Home Secretary: Mr. J. IT. Thomas, Dominions; Lord Thomson, Air; Lord Olivier, India; Mr. Noel Buxton. Agriculture; Sir (then Mr.) Charles Trevelyan, President Board of Education; Mr. T. Shaw. Labour; Mr. W. Adamson, Secretary for Scotland; Colonel J. C. Wedgwood, Duchy of Lancaster; Mr. F. W. Jowett. First Commissioner Works: Mr. F. 0. Roberts, Pensions; Sir Henry Slcsser. Solicitor-General; Lord Arnold, Under-Secretary Dominions-. Mr. W. Graham. Financial Secretary to the Treasury; Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Parliamentary Secretary Health: Mr. A. V. Alexander, Parliamentary Secretary Board of Trade; Miss Bondfield, Parliamentary Secretary Labour; Mr. T. Kennedy, Chief Whip and Lord Commissioner of Treasury.

New names in the list now cabled are: Dr. Hugh Dalton, a well-known economist; Mr. T. Johnston, editor of the Labour weekly newspaper Forward; Mr. llolford Knight, a barrister, who was not in the. last Parliament; Commander J. M. Konworthy. formerly a Liberal: Dr. H. B. Loes-Rmith, an economist; and Miss Ellen 'Wilkinson.

SATURDAY'S BESULTS.

MORE CONSERVATIVE SEATS. LIBERALS WIN THREE SCOTTISH. British Wireless. RUGBY, June 2. Of the further election results declared yesterday the Conservatives held two scats for Cambridge University and Dr. Graham Little < (Independent) was returned for London University. The Liberals won three Scottish seats and the Conservatives one. COMMENT IN BERLIN. BRITAIN'S FOREIGN POLICY. DRASTIC CHANCE UNLIKELY. Australian Press Association—United Service BERLIN. June 2. Commenting on the British election the Vossissche Zeitung says that in place, of Sir Austen Chamberlain will come men who will not follow a policy of alliances and military power but will strive for security arid for the alleviation of the taxpayers' lot by facilitating economy and co-operation. The Deutsche Zeitung describes the election as a bluff. It says Germany must not expect a drastic change in Britain's foreign policy.

NEW WOMAN MEMBER. BORN IN AUSTRALIA. United Service. LONDON, June 2. A uniquely historic figure is Dr. Marion Phillips, the first Australian-born woman to enter the British House of Commons. Dr. Phillips attributed a large part of Labour's success 'to womanhood suffrage. Her mother was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and was taken to Australia wiien she was one year old. 1)11. COSMO LANG. BRIEF COMMENT ON RESULT. United Service. LONDON. June 2. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang, commenting on the result of the election, said: "I will only permit myself to say that if Mr. Ramsay MacDonald forms a Government, the English State and the English Church again will pass under the rule of a Scotsman." 1