SIR SAMUEL HOARE.
FULLY RESTORED TO HEALTH. ANOTHER MINISTERIAL PORT TO BE FILLED. Jfr ' l ' l ' RUGBY, June «. The of Lord Monsell’s resignation'and of Sir Samuel Hoare’s appointment to succeed him as First Lord of the Admiralty was generally expected by the newspapers. Another Ministerial vacancy which has still to be filled is that of the First Commissioner of Works, rendered vacant through the appointment of Mr. Ormsby-Gore as Colonial Secretary in succession to Mr. J. H. Thomas. Sir Samuel Hoare was in ill health when he resigned the Foreign Secretaryship in December, but he is now fully recovered. Newspapers recall Sir Samuel’s large-minded and courageous handling of the Indian question when, as Secretary of State for India, he was in charge of the Government of India Act, which was the principal feature of the Parliamentary programme of 1934.
Sir Samuel takes up his duties at the Admiralty with many years of experience gained as Air Minister in the Unionist Administration prior to 1929. —(British Official Wireless).
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Wairarapa Age, 9 June 1936, Page 5
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