NEW CABINET

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20284, 6 December 1935, Page 7

NEW CABINET

TWELVE MEMBERS FOUR FROM SOUTH ISLAND MR BARNARD CHOSEN AS SPEAKER By Telegraph—Press Association WELLIN TON. December 5. Mr Savage received a call from Major Purvis of the Governor - General's staff about 10.50, and immediately accompanied him to Government House. He was back at Parliament Buildings shortly before 11.30 and then announced the members of the Ministry as under:— MR M. J. SAVAGE, Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, Native Mil ister. Minister in charge of Native Trust. Cook Islands, Legislative, Electoral, Audit and High Commissioner’s Departments. MR W. NASH, Minister of Finance, Customs, Stamp Duties, State Advances, Land and Income Tax, Public Service, Superannuation, Public Trust, Government Life Insurance, State Fire Insurance and Census and Statistics Departments. MR W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture, Friendly Societies, National Provident. MR H. G. R. MASON, AttorneyGeneral, Minister of Justice, Minister in charge of Prisons Department and Registrar-General’s Department. MR R. SEMPLE, Minister of Public Works, and Minister in charge of Roads and Public Buildings, and Minister of Transport. MR P. FRASER, Minister of Education, Health, Mental Hospitals, Marine, Minister in charge of inspection of Machinery and Police Departments. MR D. G. SULLIVAN, Minister of Railways, Industries and Commerce, Industrial Scientific Research. MR F. LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands. State Forests, Lands for Settlement, Scenery Preservation, Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement, Valuation, Tourist and Health Resorts, Publicity. MR H. T. ARMSTRONG, Minister of Labour, Employment. Immigration. MR W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs, Pensions, Minister in charge of Museum and Advertising. MR P. C. •VEBB. Minister of Mines and Ministei in charge of the Printing and Stationery Departments. Mii F. JONES, Postmaster-General and Minister of Defence, Minister of Telegraphs. MR W. E. BARNARD. Speaker of the House of Representatives. MR E. J. wOWARD, Chairman of Committees. THE HON. M. FAGAN, Leader of the Legislative Council' and Minister without portfolio. MR J. A. LEU, Parliamentary-Under-Secretary to the Prime Minister. The Party Whips are Messrs W. J. Jordan and R. McKeen.

LINES OF POLICY STATEK3NT WITHHELD By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON. December 5. Before leaving for Government House, Mr Savage, interviewed, said the Government would get on with the job immediately. While he was anxious to meet the people of New Zealand as early as possible, he would not be able to make a tour until next year, when he 1 pel to visit various centres of the Dominion. It is his intention to spend Christmas in Auckland. Announcing that the first meeting of t 1.2 Cabinet would take place on Saturday, he said he could not, in the meantime, reveal the lines cf policy to be followed. While the Government was prepared for action, it was not going to rush its fences, but proceed along lines of co-operation with all those prepared to co-operate. With reference to Samoa, he said the question of the appointment of an Administrator had not been considered, but it could be taken for granted that the man to be appointed would have sympathy for the Samoans and appreciation of their customs. Questioned regarding the omission of Mr W. J. Jordan from the Ministry, he said it was quite true that Mr Jordan was to receive an important post later. As Sir James Parr’s term of office did not expire until the end of next year, the question of appointing a successor did not arise immediately. He said the whole of the Ministerial secretarial corps would be taken over by the new Government, and it might be necessary to make one or two new appointments. The private secretaries were a line body of men, and they had always treated him with the greatest courtesy. There was no reason why they should be replaced.