NEW PREMIER

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9854, 6 November 1924, Page 5

NEW PREMIER

MR. BALDWIN PRIME MINISTER

RESIGNATION OF MR, MACDONALD.

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LONDON, Nov. 4. Air. MacDonald has resigned, and M-r. Baldwin becomes Prime Minister. —A. and N.Z.C.A i* MINISTERIAL LIST MAY BE ISSUED TO-DAY. REPARATIONS FOR LORD MAY- • OR’tS SHOW. SURPRISES ANTICIPATED. (Received Nov. 5, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 5. It is understood that" Air. Baldwin’s list of leading Ministers will be issued on Thursday night. One of the rea4 sons for expedition is the. fact that the Lord Mayor’s banquet takes place on Monday night, a feature of which bias always been Ministerial speeches. These, owing tof the special circumstances, arc awaited with unusual interest, The invitations cannot he issued until the names of Cabinet Ministers are known arid the toast list will be rushed to the printers at the last moment.

It is stated in'"well-informed quarters that the Ministry will contain some surprises. Certainly Mr. Baldwin is getting plenty of hints as to the desirableness of the infusion of “new blood” and a. liberal sprinkling of young men gifted with enthusiasm to grapple with the questions arising out of the now social conditions.—A. and N.Z.C.A.

SEAT FOR AIR. ASQUITH. DERBYSHIRE CONSTITUENCY POSSIBLE. LONDON, Nov. 4. There is a likelihood of Mr. Kenyon resigning the, Chesterfield 1 division of Derbyshire and of Air. Asquith succeeding. It is unlikely that Chesterfield Unionists will oppose Air. Asquith.—A. ar.d N.Z.C.A.

DINNER AT CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB. MR. CHURCHILL AS GUEST OF EVENING. LONDON, Nov. 4. Mr. Churchill and other Constitutionalist Commoners were given a dinner at the Constitutional Club by prominent Conservatives. Mr. Roland McNeill, in proposing the toast of the evening, referred to Mr. Churchill. He had never been deficient in backbone, and was plentifully endowed with spirit, for which there had never been more r.eecl.

Mr. Churchill, replying, declared that Socialism was the very antithesis of Liberalism. He looked forward to seeing Parliament take up the broken pledges given the Dominions at the Imperial Conference, also to seeing the spade set to work again on the naval base at Singapore. Lord Birkenhead solemnly declared that the first task of statesmanship was to solve the unemployment- problem. He also commented on the increased Socialist vote at the elections.

AY AS DEMONSTRATION AT CLUB ILL-TIMED ? CHURCHILL PARADED AS “ELECTION HERO.” LONDON, Nov. 4. “The Times,” referring to the Constitutional Club demonstration, says: Air. Baldwin has shown himself something more than a silent accidental leader. While Air. AlncDonald reached a stage of almost incoherent rhetoric, Air. Baldwin was steady and consistent; quietly logical, always to the highest level; impersonal and patriotic in argument. His tenure wall depend mainly on the wise use of his majority, which .is unanimously nr.tiSocialist, but this does not mean wholly Conservative. The country is still a little suspicious of extreme Conservatism. The electoral verdict was an overwhelming repudiation of the personal shiftiness of Ministers, not an endorsement of any positive policy. “The Times” denounces as ill-timed the Constitutional Club demonstration, at which Air. Churchill;was paraded as a. sort of election hero, assorting it will revive suspicions of the old fnmil ar Centre party intrigue, rendering more difficult the immediate installation of Afr. Churchill in the position in. the Cabinet to which his great gifts entitle him.. “The Times” appeals for the inclusion of Air. Austen Chamberlain and other recalcitrants of the 1923 split, making the Government different from the one that committed suicide that year. In order to prevent jealousies, it suggests a levelling-up of the status of positions, enabling men of special fitness to hold position’s without considering their olaimt to th cT so-called higher offices, and adds: “If any consideration of higher salaries is held to make a position of greater consequence, then they should be swept away.”—Times.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY POLL. PROP ORTION A L R E PRESENTATION USED. (Received Nov. 5, 7.40 p m.) LONDON, Nov. 4.

The Oxford University election resulted: Lord Hugh Cecil 4320, Oman 2968 (elected), and Gilbert Murray (Independent) 2832.' —Reuter. (Received Nov. 5 8.40 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 5.

Tlio Oxford University election' was conducted on the proportional representation system. Lord Cecil and Mr. Oman (Conservative) were elected, though Professor Murray was in' second place on, the first count. —A. and N.Z.C.A.