THE NEW CABINET

Southland Times, Issue 19395, 8 November 1924, Page 5

THE NEW CABINET

THE PRINCIPAL PORTFOLIOS ALLOTTED BY MR STANLEY BALDWIN INFUSION OF NEW BLOOD. MR CHURCHILL A 3 CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N2». Cable Association.) LONDON, November 6. It is officially announced that the principal portfolios in Mr Stanley Baldwin’s Cabinet have been allotted as follows: Foreign Office and Deputy-Leader in the House of Commons: Mr Austen Chamberlain. Chancellor of the Exchequer: Mr Winston Churchill. Minister of War: Sir L. Worthington Evans. First Lord of the Admiralty: Mr W. C. Bridgeman. Secretary of State for the Colonies: Lieut.-Colonel L. C. M. S. Amery. Secretary of State for India: Lord Birkenhead. President of the Board of Trade: Sir Philip Lloyd-Graeme. Secretary of State to the Home Office: Sir W. W. Johnston. Lord Chancellor: Lord Cave. Secretary of State for Air: Sir Samuel Hoare. Lord President of the Council and Leader in the House erf Lords: The Marquess Curzon. Lord Privy Seal. The Marquis of Salisbury. Minister of Labour: Sir Arthur SteelMaitland. President of the Board of Education: Lord Eustace Percy. Attorney-Ceneral: Sir Douglas Hogg. Minister of Health: Mr Neville Chamberlain. Minister of Agriculture: Major E. F. L. Wood. Secretary for Scotland: Sir John Gilmour. .PORTFOLIOS DECLINED. 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 cap- , acity. While he whole-heartedly supports : the Conservatives, he feels there is plenty of material available for Cabinet-making and prefers to devote his time to Lancashire affairs, political and otherwise. Prominent Liberals held a conference, and decided 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 Party. The Times eulogises Mr J. H. Thomas’s work at the Colonial Office, and says it is one of the few personal records of Mr MacDonald’s Government, which is not only irreproachable but carried certain distinction. THE CONSERVATIVE POLICY. Sir Joynson Hicks, presiding at the Council of the Primrose League, said he knew that Mr Stanley Baldwin was determined there should be no reaction in the policy of the Conservative Party. The Premier intended to proceed with his policy of social reform and carrying out pledges given to the people.