NEW CABINET.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18897, 12 January 1927, Page 9

NEW CABINET.

FORMATION IN GERMANY. <** CABty.~PftES9 MSOfIIAMOH-COMBIGBT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION) 1 (Received January 11th, 7.20 p.m.) BERLIN, January 11. President Hlndenburg has entrusted Dr. Curtius with the formation of anew Government, After a conference of the Nationalists and the People's Party it was decided that Dr. Curtius should accept the [On December 16th the Social Democrats in the Reichstag precipitated a political crisis by launching a motion of no-confidence in the Government because of dissatisfaction with Herr Gessler, Minister for Defence, particularly for his" weakness in dealing with an alleged Nationalist attempt to control the Reichswehr. The Nationalists created a surprise by voting with the &>cialiste and defeating the Government. Count Westarn, the Nationalist leader, expressed' the opinion that it was time a Government was in power which possessed a majority in the Reichstag. Dr. Curtius ('People's Pnrtv) was Minister for Economic Affairs in the previous Government.]

SHIPBUILDING

MOTOR-SHIPS POPULAR. (B? CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—cOfTOIOHT.) (AL-3THALIAS AND K.2. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Eeceived January 11th, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 11. The continued vogue of shipping fitted with internal combustion engines is revealed in Lloyd's shipbuilding returns, which show that out of a total tonnage under construction in all countries at December 31st, 1933 motor-ships accounted for 906,000 tons. The tonnage under construction in Britain was 760,000, which is 125,000 less than last vear. The tonnage building abroad is 1,173,000, or 97,000 above last vear.