WHO WILL BE MINISTERS?

Chronicle (Levin), 15 December 1949, Page 5

WHO WILL BE MINISTERS?

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Reeeived Thursday, 10.30 a.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 15. Unofiicial reports state that the • Leader of" the C'ountry Party, Mr • Fadden, will be Federal Treasurei . and Deputy Prime Minister in the . Menzies Government and that foui . other portfolios will *go to the Coujntiy Party.. This was- deqid'ed at meetings between" Mr. Menzies and Mr. Fadden. It is rel'iably learned that the ; Country Party Ministers will be Mr. : Fadden, S'i'r Earle Page, Senator W. -Coo-per Mr. J. McEwen. and Mr. H. | L. Anthony. "• ; The probable Liberal Party Min- ; isters will be- Mr. Me.nzies, Mr. R. G. ICasey, Mr. H. E. Holt, Mr. W. S, [Eent Hughes and Senator J. A. jSpieer, of Victoria; Mr. E. J.'Harri- : son, Mr. P. C. Spender, Mr. H. Beale land Senator W. H. -Spoone-r, of New South Wales; Mr. "J. Francis a-nd- ; Senator N. O'Sullivan, of Queensjtand; Senator S'. McLeay. of South Australia; Dame Enid Lyons, of |Tasmania; and Mr. Paul Hasluck, ;of West Australia. ; Mr. Menzies will visit Canberra today to receive his commission toiform a government from the Gov-^rnor-Generai, Mr. McEell. Auti-Labaur Swing Grows. I The swing away from Labour be;came more pronounced in counting [Overnight. Capricornia, in Queensland-, is now almost certain to go to- the Liberal Party, as Mr. H. G. Pearce (Liberal) has increased his majori-ty to 9.20. Fawkner, in Victoria, whieh seemed safe for Labour, is now in danger as the Liberal candidate, Mr. M. C. Cormac, continues to overhaul the defleit and is now only 96 votes behind Mr. W. M. Bourke (Labour) with 500 votes to be counted. ■' -■