BRITISH CABINET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16579, 7 November 1924, Page 5

BRITISH CABINET.

APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

MR CHURCHLLL AS CHANCELLOR,

COLONEL AMERY SECRETARY

FOR, COLONIES

(Elec. Tel. Copy right —L'ri ted Press Assn,; iKeuter’s Telegram. (Received November 7, 11 a,.in.) LONDON, November 6. The 1 following Cabinet appointments havtf bieen officially announced : Secretary of State for the Colonies: Colonel L. C. M. 8. Am cry. Secretary of State for India.: Lord Birkenhead. Chancellor of the Exchequer: Mr Winston Churchill. Secretary of State.for Foreign. Affairs : Mr Austen Chamberlain. First, Lord of the Admiralty : Mr W. C. Bridgman. Secretary of State for Air : Sir Samuel John Gurney lioare.

Colonel Amery held the post of First Lord of tlje Admiralty in the late Bonar Law and Baldwin Ministries. He was horn in 1873 a.t Gorakhpur, India, and educated at Harrow and Oxford. He was on the Times editorial staff from 1899 to 1909, and organised the Times war correspondence in. South Africa. He is a barrister of the Inner Temple. In the Great W'a,r he* served in Flanders, Salonika,, and the Balkans. He filled the position of Assistant Secretary to th.ei War Cabinet and Imperial ' War .Cabinet.in 1917; was on. the staff of the War Council, and personal staff of the Secretary of State for War 1917-18; was a,' temporary lieutenant-colonel on the general staff; Parliamentary Secretary for tiie Colonies, 1919-21. He has travelled extensively in the Near East and British Dominions

Lord Birkenhead, formerly Mr Frederick Edwin Smith, a, distinguished advocate at the bar, is the first viscount of the title, which was created in 1919. He is 52 years of age H e was educated at Birkenhead and Oxford, having a notable educational career. He entered Parliament in 1903-4, and betaine Solicitor-General .in 1915, afterwards Attorney-General. He went, on active service in the war, attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Mr Winston Churchill, eldest son of the late Lord Eandolph Churchill, was born in November 1874, and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. He entered the army in 1895) and ,served with the Spanish forces in Cuba, also in India and on the Nile-, being present at the Battle of Khartum. He acted as war correspondent for- the Morning Post in South Africa, and was taken, prisoner but escaped, and was present at numerous battles. M!r Churchill first essayed to enter Parliament in 1899 when, standing as a Unionist, he unsuccessfully contested Oldham. He took part in the Boer War, and in October, 1900, he succeeded at Oldham. He represented that constituency till January, 1906, when he was returned ns a Liberal for NorthWest. Manchester. He was defeated there in April, 1908, but was elected for Dundee in May of that year, retain ing the seat till the election of November, 1922. East March he stood as an Independent for the Abbey Division of Westminster, where a vacancy had been caused by the death of Brigadier-Gen-eral Nicholson. In a four-cornered contest he last by 43 votes to Mr Otho Nicholson, the Unionist. Mr Churchill has held office as Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 1906-8; President, of the Board of Trade, 1908-10; Home Secretary, 1910-11; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1911-15; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1915; Minister of Munitions, 1917; Secretary of State for War, 1918-21; and Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1921-22. Mr Austen Chamberlain; another son of another distinguished father, the Imperialist. Mr Joseph Chamberlain, was horn in 1863 and educated at Rugby and Cambridge. He occupied the post's of Civil Lord of the Admiralty 18951SCO; Financial.. Secretary to the Treasury ISCO-02; Postmaster-General 19023; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1903-6; Secretary of State for India 1915-17; Member of the War Cabinet 1918; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1919-21; Lord Privy Seal and leader of the House of Commons 1921 to 1923.

Mr William Clive Bridgeman was Secretary of State for Home Affairs in the Bonar Daw and Baldwin Ministries. He was horn in 1867 and educated at Eton and Cambridge. He entered Par. liament in 1892 and became a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1915-16; Assistant Director of Ihe War Trade Department .1916; Secretary for Labor 1916: Secretary to Board of Trade 1919 20; Secretary for Mines, 1920.

Colonel Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare was born in 1880, and was educated at Harrow and Oxford. He.entered Parliament in 1906 and was Secretary for Air in the last two Conservative Ministries.

NEW GOVERNMENT’S POLICY

NO REACTION: FULFILMENT OF PLEDGES.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association,

(Received November 7, 11 a.m.) LONDON, November 6

Sir Joynson-Hicks, presiding at the Council of the Primrose League, said he knew Mr. Baldwin was determined there should be no reaction in the policy of the Conservative party. Mr. Baldwin intended to proceed with a policy of social reform and carrying oiq, the pledges given the people.

THE LATE COLONIAL SECRETARY

TRIBUTE TO HIS WORK,

(The Times.) (Received Nov. 7, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 6.

Tho Times eulogises Mr Thomas’s work at the Colonial Office. It is one of tho few personal records of the MacDonald Government which is not only irreproachable but carries a certain distinction.

FORECAST OF APPOINTMENTS

LORD DERBY DECLINES OFFICE

(Australian and F.Z. Gable Association (Received. 1 Nov. 7, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 6.

The Telegraph forecasts that Colonel Amory will be Colonial Secretary; Lord Curzcn Lord President of the Council; Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor; Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Affairs; Lord Birkenhead, Secretary for India; Sir S. Hoare, Minister for Air; Mr. Joynson Hicks, Secretary to the Admiralty; Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Minister for Health; Mr. Wood, Minister for Agriculture ; and Mr. Crawford, Minister for Works.

The Morning Post states that Sir Robert Horne will probably be unable to join the Ministry because of business commitments. Lord Derby refused office in any capacity. While’ he wholeheartedly supports the Conservatives, he feels there is l plenty of material available for Cabinet-making and 1 prefers to devote his time to Lancashire affairs, political and otherwise. Prominent Liberals held a conferenco and decider] that Mr. Asquith should address his followers at the Reform Club on Monday before his departure on a holiday to Egypt. A national conference of Liberals has been fixed for early in 1925 to discuss the position'of the pafty.