BRITISH CABINET
MR. MACDONALD’S HOLIDAY. CHANGES OF PORTFOLIOS. [British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 29. It is officially announced that the Prime Minister will leave London on Sunday for a short stay at Lossiemouth ■efore going abroad. During his ab.once Mr. Baldwin will act for him. Changes in the Government consepient upon the resignation of the Minister of Labour (Sir H. B. Betterton) who has been appointed chairman of he unemployment assistance fund, are uinounced- The King has approved the following appointments: Major Oliver ■-Hanley to be Minister of Labour, vice Sir H. B. Betterton; Mr. Hoare Belisha to be Minister of Transport, vice Major Stanley; Mr. A. Duff Cooper ‘n be financial secretary to the Treasury vice fr. Hoare Belisha; Captain Douglas •Tacking to be financial secretary to the Var Office, vice Mr. Duff Cooper; 'aptain Harry Crookshank to be Par’amentary Under-Secretary of State or Home Affairs vice Captain HackThe King has also approved that ' Tajor Oliver Stanley be sworn in to the Privy Council on his appointment as
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 7
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169BRITISH CABINET Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 7
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