MINISTER DIES
LIBERAL LEADER. PASSES. <British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 15. Sir Donald Maclean, president of the Board of Education, died unexpectedly at his l London home this afternoon from heart failure. He had been attending to his departmental duties until within the last few days and was present at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday of last week. During the crisis of last August he took a prominent part with his fellow Liberal leader, Sir Herbert Samuel, in negotiations which finally led to the establishment of the first National Government.
The Prime Minister and his colleagues at Lausanne,- Sir John Simon, Mr Neville Chamberlain and Mr Walter R unci man were much distressed when the news of Sir Donald Maclean s death was conveyed to them, and they at once dispatched a message of condolence to the w'dow.
The Minister of .Agriculture, Sir John Giimour, during a debate in the House of Commons, said that th e earliert possible opportunity would be taken of paying a suitable tribute to S>r Donald Maclean, the news of whose death had caused his Cabinet colleagues ai’d members of Parliament deep sorrow.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1932, Page 6
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188MINISTER DIES Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1932, Page 6
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