LESS ACTIVITY

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 304, 8 December 1936, Page 5

LESS ACTIVITY

i Australian Cabinet Waiting Announcement. Press Association—Copyright. - London, Dec. 7. There was less activity overnight jr. in the constitutional crisis. Fort • Belvedere confirmed the earlic/r extinction of lights, which hitherto had been visible well into the morning'.. Mr W. T. Monckton, K.C., Attor-ney-General for the Duchy of Cornfall, again spent the night at Fort Belvedere and left at 9.30 a.m. for London. Mr MacDonald was an early visitor at No, 10 Downing Street carrying a

bundle of documents, presumably' in preparation for Mr Baldwin’s statement in the House of Commons, which is expected at 3.45 p.m., after which the ordinary business will be resumed. Mrs Simpson has given no interview t.o any journalists in England or France, says the Cannes correspondent of the Time,s. A Canberra message says the Primo Minister had occasion to rebuke Mr W. M. Hughes, Minister of Health, for going to Sydney at the week-end. Mr Hughes also caused embarrassment to his colleagues by contributing an article to this morning’s Sydney Herald somewhat along the lines of Mr Winston Churchill’s, giving the impression that he had been in direct communication with Mr Churchill. However, the situation eased to-night

and Mr Lyons announced the Ministry was united. The Cabinet will sit until the early hours of the morning awaiting Mr Baldwin's announcement, which has already been conveyed to Mr Lyons by the British High Commissioner, Sir Geoffrey Whiskaril.