Mr MacDonald Announces Names Of His Cabinet.
MISS MARGARET BONDFIELD BECOMES MINISTER OF LABOUR IN NEW GOVERNMENT.
(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received June 8, 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, June 7. THE LIST of Ministers of the new Labour Government is as follows:—. Prime Minister, Mr Ramsay MacDonald. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Philip Snowden. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Arthur Henderson. Lord Privy Seal, Mr J. H. Thomas. Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and the Colonies, Mr Sidney Webb. Lord President of the Council, Lord Parmoor. Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice Santey. Minister of Home Affairs, Mr J. R, Clynes. Secretary of State for India, Captain Wedgwood Benn. Secretary of State for War, Mr Thomas Shaw. Secretary of State for Air, Lord Thomson. Minister of Health, Mr A. Greenwood. Minister of Labour, Miss Margaret Bondfield. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr Noel Buxton. President of the Board of Education, Sir C. P. Trevelyan. President of (he Board of Trade, Mr W. Graham. First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr A. V. Alexander. Secretary- of State for Scotland, Mr W. Adamson. First Commissioner of Works, Mr George Lansbury. All the above appointments carry with them seats in the Cabinet. Other Ministerial posts announced are:— Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Sir Oswald Mosley. Attorney-General, Mr W. A. Jowitt, K.C. Solicitor-General, Mr J. B. Melville, K.C. Minister of Pensions, Mr F. O. Roberts. Minister of Transport, Mr Herbert Morrison. Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Scotland, Mr Tom Johnston. Postmaster-General, Mr H. B. Lee-Smith. Paymaster-General, Lord Arnold, without pay.—British Official Wireless.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18780, 8 June 1929, Page 2
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