LABOUR’S RESIGNATION
POLITICAL CHANGE IN BRITAIN NATIONAL CABINET TAKES POWER CONSERVATIVES OFFER TO HELP i ;» —eg; By Telegraph—Press As^n.— Copyright. Received 12.10 a.m. . London, Aug. 24. rpHE Macdonald Cabinet has resigned and a National Cabinet is being formed under the leadership of Mr. Macdonald. The King received Mr. Mr. Stanley Baldwin (Conservative Leader) and Sir Herbert Samuel (acting Liberal Leader) at the Palace with a party of leading politicians. The Central News understands Mr. Baldwin informed His Majesty that if Mr. Macdonald formed a National Government he was willing to serve under him. ■ . -x Enormous crowds demonstrated as the Cabinet members entered 10 Downing Street. The Cabinet rose at 12.25 p.m. Mr. Lloyd George has been informed that it is intended that the National Government should confine itself to the financial crisis, relinquishing office when this is overcome. Mr. George Lansbury, posing for a photograph on the doorstep bf 10 Downing Street when going into a Cabinet meeting, said: is the last time.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1931, Page 9
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