THE BRITISH CABINET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 100, 16 April 1908, Page 2

THE BRITISH CABINET.

-NEW MINISTRY COMPLETED. London, April' 14, the lorniation ol LUe new Ministrv lias been completed by Mr. Asquith. Mr. Edmund Uooertson, Secretary to the Admiralty, and Mr, Thomas Lough Secretary to tlu- Hoard of Education* arc* to retire. Mr. ix>ugli lias lieen made a Privy, Councillor.

Dr. T. MeKiunon Wood, 8.A., LL.D., D.L., member lor the St. Rollox division of Glasgow, who was recently chairman of the London County Council during the .Progressive regime, succeeds Ml'.~ Lough. Dr. T. J. Macnamara, LL.D., the prominent educationist, "becomes Secretary to the Admiralty. 'AJr. C. F. ii. Masterman, author an;l

journalist, succeeds Dr. Macnamara. lir. C. li. 11. Hobhousc (Bristol) lias been appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Opinions published in France are

favorable to Mr. Asquith's Ministry. Tile Paris newspaper Le Temps says Mr. Asquith's practical opportunism replaces Sir Henry Campbell-Baiinerniun's naive sentimentalism, which was full of illusions and occasionally embarrassing. The Chronicle says the Government intends to increase the status of the Presidents of the Board of Trade ana the Local Government Board by allotting them salaries of £SOOO each. LATE COLONIAL SECRETARY'S UNPOPULARITY. Capetown, April 14. The Cape Times says South Africa may congratulate itself upon escaping the peril of Mr. Winston Churchill as

Colonial Secretary. Tlie Cape Argus expresses relief at the removal of Mr. Churchill from tha Colonial Office and gratification at the appointment, of Earl Crewe as Colonial Secretary. EASTER VACATION. Received April 15, 11.40 p.m. London, April 15. The House of Commons has adjourned till the 27th.