CONSERVATIVE LEADER.
Mr Bonar Law, who, it is announced, is,, relinquishing his commercial responsibilities in ! order to dev.ote the whole of his energies to the 'leadership- of his P4rty. in the House of" Commons, has hitherto h«ld.., more,. directorships .than arty man^on bench. Flo was ? cTiajrman y aY three companies, and served i'bn: -the board of three others, all, needl&ss.-tq. «ayy of 5 the :highsti repute. Mr,., (A., ,j. -Balfour,, .the late leader, never adorned a, board, but tnbst' of His colleagues in the' last Administration; have 1 served in this capacity. Mr Austen Chamberlain holds, one. directorship,, that -of the, Bank of : Africa ; Mr George Wyndham is the director of bivs' railway, Mr Long is on the board of Aithreo; companies/" and Mr Alfred Lyttelton c-serves -onv fouri • The unAv.r^tten law that members of- a Miij: istiy should resign 'iKeir directorships ofi companies is a "comparatively moddrh introduction, and there is, of course,' no obligation. -oir ex^Mi:i.istew in the-mati tei*. ... , . '•■■ .., ■ . .... . . . , -
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12707, 9 March 1912, Page 4 (Supplement)
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161CONSERVATIVE LEADER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12707, 9 March 1912, Page 4 (Supplement)
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