THE MINISTRY

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25210, 24 May 1945, Page 5

THE MINISTRY

CHURCHILL'S CABINET LIST OF MEMBERS I'AIITV AI.I.KUIANCKS The following is a list of Cabinet Ministers in the Coalition Government, formed in May, 1940: — Wah Cabin kt Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence. Mr Winston Churchill (Conservative). Lord President of the Council and deputy-Prime Minister.—Mr C. it. Attlee (Labour). Foreign Secretary.—Mr Anthony Eden (Conservative). Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Sir John Anderson (National Liberal). Minister of Labour. —Mr Ernest Bevin (Labour). Minister of Production.—Mr Oliver Lyttelton (Conservative). Home Secretary. —Mr Herbert Mornson (Labour). Minister of Reconstruction. —Lord Woolton (Independent). Other Ministers First Lord of the Admiralty—Mr A. V Alexander (Labour). Minister of Agriculture—Mr K. b. Hudson (Conservative). , c . Minister of Air—Sir Archibald Sinclair (Liberal). _ Minister of Aircraft Production, sir Stafford Cripps (Independent). India Secretary.—Mr L. C. Amery (Conservative). , , Minister of Civil Aviation.—viscount Swinton (Conservative). Minister of the Colonies.—Colonel U. Stanley (Conservative). Dominions Secretary, viscount Oranborne (Conservative). Duchy of Lancaster. Mr A. L. Brown '(National Liberal). Minister of Economic Warfare. —1 lie Earl of Selborne (Conservative) Minister of Education.—Mr R. A. Butler (Conservative). Minister of Food. —Colonel J. J. Llewellin (Conservative). . Minister of Fuel and Power.—Major G. Lloyd George (Liberal) Minister of Health. —Mr H. L. Willink (Conservative). Minister of Information. —Mr li. Bracken (Conservative). Attorney-General.—Sir Donald Somervell (Conservative). Lord Chancellor. —Viscount Simon (National Liberal). Lord Privy Seal—Lord Beaverbrook (Conservative). Minister at Mediterranean Headquarters.—Mr H. Macmillan (Conservan\liiiister in the Middle East.—Sir Edward Grigg (National Conservative). Minister of State. —Mr R. Iv. Law (Conservative). Minister of National Insurance.—Sir William Jowitt (Labour). Paymaster-General.—Lord Cherwell (Conservative). , Minister of Pensions. —Sir Walter Womersley (Conservative). Postmaster-General. —Captain H. r. C. Crookshank (Conservative). Secretary of Scotland. —Mr T. Johnston (Labour). , . Minister of Supply.—Sir Andrew Duncan (Conservative). Minister of Town, and Country Planning.—Mr W. S. Morrison (Conservative). President of the Board of Trade.— Dr Hugh Dal ton (Labour). Secretary of War—Sir James Grigs (National Conservative). Minister of War Transport.—Lord Leathers (Independent). Minister of Supply. Washington.— Mr B. Smith (Labour). Minister in West Africa.—Captain H. H Balfour (Conservative). Minister of Works.—Mr Duncan Sandys (National Conservative).

The present strength of the parties in Parliament is as follows: —Conservative. 359; Labour, 164; Liberal, 19; National-Liberal, 24; National Labour, 5; Independents. 19; Nationals, 6; Independent Labour, 3; Common health. 3; Communist, 1; Scottish Nationalist, 1.

NORTH IRISH ELECTION parliament dissolved LONDON, May 22 Sir Basil Brooke, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, has announced that Parliament will be dissolved on Friday next and a general olection held on Juno 14. GERMAN SHIPPING TAKEN OVER BY ALLIES LONDON, May 2'J On behalf of the Allied forces the British commander, Admiral Holt, today took over all German shipping at Copenhagen. The ships included the two cruisers "Prinz Kugen and Nurnberg, four destroyers, about 135 smaller warships, 200 fishing vessels and others suited for rninesweeping. The British naval authorities also handed over the remainder of the Danish Fleet in the shipyard at Copenhagen to the Danish naval authorities in the presence of the Crown Prince, Admiral Holt and tho Danish naval leader, Vice-Admiral Vedel. SYDNEY DISTURBANCE STRIKERS ATTACK OFFICES SYDNEY, May 22 About 800 of the 3000 Sydney dock ironworkers, who have been on strike for the past five weeks, last night fought for possession of their union offices. One man was taken to hospital suffering from head injuries alleged to have been indicted with a bottle. Iron bars and an axe wore used to smash down the main door of the office. The disturbance .followed a meeting of ironworkers when an attempt, was made to suspend the officials of the branch. The officials, with about 150 supporters, retired to the union offices, where they remained throughout the night resisting the efforts of the strikers to evict them. The police were called out.