THE WARD MINISTRY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3882, 11 December 1928, Page 3

THE WARD MINISTRY.

PERSONNEL OF THE CABINET. The personnel of Sir Joseph Ward’s Cabinet was announced last night after the Ministry had been sworn in at Government House. The-North Island has seven Ministers and the South Island six, including the Hon. T. K. Sidey, Leader of the Legislative (Council, who is also Attorney-General. The appointments and the allocation of portfolios are as under: — RT. HON. SIR JOSEPH G. WARD, Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Stamp Duties; and Mnister in charge of Public Trust, Legislative, State Advances, Land and Income Tax, and High Commissioner’s Departments. HON. G. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands, Minister of Agriculture; and Minister in charge of the Land for Settlements, Scenery Preservation, Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement, and Valuation Departments. HON. T. M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice, Minister of Defence; and Minister in charge of the Police, Prisons, and War Pensions Departments. HON. SIR APIRANA NGATA, Minister of Native Affairs, Minister of Cook Islands; and Minister in charge of Native Trustj Government Life Insurance, and State Fire Departments. HON. H. ATMORE, Minister of Education; and Minister in charge of the Scientific and Industrial Research Department. HON. WJ. A. VEITCH, Minister of Labour, Minister of Mines; and Minister in charge of the Pensions and Electoral. Departments. HON. E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Public Works; and Minister in charge of Roads and Public Buildings. HON. W. B. TAVERNER, Minister of Railways, Minister of Customs; and Minister in charge of Publicity and Advertising Departments. HON. J. B. DONALD, Postmaster General, Minister of Telegraphs; and Minister in charge of Public Service Superannuation, Friendly Societies,'' and National Provident Fund Departments. HON. P. de la PERELLE, Minister . of Internal Affairs; and Minister in charge of Registrar-General’s, Statistician’s, Laboratory, Printing and Stationery, Audit, and Museum Departments. HON. J. G. COBBE, Minister of Marine, Minister of Industries and Commerce, Minister of Immigration; and Minister in charge of the Inspection of Machinery Department. HON. A. J. STALLWiORTHY, Minister of Health; and Minister in ■charge of the Mental Hospitals Department. HON. T. K. SIDEY, Attorney-Gen-eral; and Leader of the Legislative Council. WHIPS APPOINTED. Mr. A. J. Murdoch, the member for Marsden, has been appointed Senior Government Whip, and the member for Motueka, Mi*. G. C. Black, Junior Government Whip. STATEMENT BY PRIME - MINISTER. In a subsequent statement, the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward) said that the Hon. X. K. Sidey had been recommended for appointment to the Legislative Council, and that His Excellency had been pleased to approve of that recommendation. He proposed to ask the Right Hon. Sir Robert Stout and the Hon. J. Barr to act as Mr. Sidey’s sponsors when he presented himself to the Upper House to-day to be sworn. The Prime Minister added that to-day when he met the House he would make a statement, but it would not necessarily be a statement of policy. His present difficulty was that he had not yet had time to visit the Treasury and examine the state of the borrowing authorities. Until he could do this he would not be able to say whether or not they were sufficient for his purposes. He might not be able to visit the Treasury even to-day until after the House rose, but he did not anticipate keeping Parliament together much longer, since it would not be a legislative session. He could not yet say definitely that it would not be necessary to call another session in February.