THE CABINET.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 885, 11 December 1916, Page 11

THE CABINET.

FULL LIST OF MINISTERS. SEVERAL NEW OFFICES. ' FOOD DIRECTOR APPOINTED. Australian avil A'.Z. Cable Assneiati m. (Received December 12, 2.15 p.m.) LONDON, December 10. It is officially announced that the new Government has been constituted as follows:—■ War Cabinet. Mr I). Lloyd-George: without portfolio. Lord Curzon (Lord President of the Council and leader of the House of Lords). Mr Arthur Henderson (without portfolio.) Lord Milner (without portfolio). Mr Bonar Law, ns Chancellor of the Exchequer, will lead the House of Commons, he is also a member of (he War Cabinet, and is expected will attend irregularly. Other Ministers. Other members of the Government are as follows: Lord Chancellor: Sir Robert Finlay. Home Secretary: Mr G. Cave. Foreign Oflice: Mr A. J. Balfour. Colonial OHice: Mr Walter Long. War Oflice: Lord Derby. Secretary for India: Mr Austen Chamberlain. Local Government Board: Lord Rhondda. Board of Trade: Sir Albert Stanley. Minister of Labour: Mr J. Hodge. Admiralty: Sir Edward Carson. Minister of Munitions: Dr Christopher Addison. Minister of the Blockade: . Lord Robert Cecil. Food Controller: Lord Dcvonport. Shipping Controller: Sir Joseph MaeLay. Minister of Agriculture: Mr R. E. Prothero. Minister of Education: Mr Herbert Fish (vice-chancellor of the Sheffield University).