NEW CABINET

Southland Times, Issue 22473, 8 November 1934, Page 7

NEW CABINET

COALITION IN AUSTRALIA DR. PAGE MINISTER OF COMMERCE MR HUGHES INCLUDED (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 8.5 p.m.) Melbourne, Nov. 7. The Prime Minister, Mr J. A. Lyons, announced the Federal Coalition Cabinet to-day as follows:— Prime Minister and Treasurer.—Mr J. A. Lyons. Minister of Commerce and DeputyLeader of the Government.—Dr. Earle Page. Minister of External Affairs and Territories.—Senator Sir George Pearce. Attorney-General and Minister for Industry.—Mr R. G. Menzies. Minister of Defence.—Mr R. A. Parkhill. Minister for the Interior.—Mr Paterson. Minister of Trade and Customs.—Mr T. W. White. Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister of Health and Repatriation.—Mr W. M. Hughes. Postmaster-General and Minister in Control of Developments.—Senator A. J. McLachlan. Minister without portfolio directing trade treaties.—Sir Henry Gullett. Assistant Treasurer.—Mr R. Casey. Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry, without portfolio.—Senator T. Brennan. Assistant Minister of War Service, Homes and Repatriation, without portfolio.—Mr Thorby. Assistant Postmaster-General in the House of Representatives.—Mr Hunter. The Prime Minister said that Mr F. H. Stewart, a former Minister of Commerce, declined a position in the Ministry, but offered to associate himself with the Government’s employment policy which the Government gratefully accepted. The Country Party received two portfolios, Commerce and the Interior.