VICEROY OF INDIA
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE AGAIN MENTIONED. Press Association—By Teleriaph—CopyritfJt LONDON, June 24. Despite other newspaper denials of pending Cabinet changes, the Daily Chronicle’s lobbyist, who is usually well informed, asserts that the Duke of Devonshire has intimated that he desires to bo relieved of the Colonial Office portfolio before the Imperial Conference meets; but he hopes to serve the State in another sphere; The Daily Chronicle repeats that the Duke of Devonshire will probably succeed Lord Reading if the latter does not desire to complete his term, in India A. and N.Z. Cable. A recent message stated:—“The Daily Chronicle learns that the Duke of Devonshire is likely to succeed Lord Reading as Viceroy of India in August, when Mr Austen Chamberlain will be offered the portfolio of Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr Reginald M'Kenna taking up the Chancellorship of the Exchequer.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18898, 26 June 1923, Page 7
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