BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1922, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

BONAR LAW’S CABINET.

FINAL CHOICE MADE. MANY FORMER MINISTERS. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright, Received Nov. 7, 8.5 p.m. London, Nov. C. It is officially announced that the following constitute Mr. Bonar Law’s Cabinet (the members of the Coalition Ministry being given in parentheses):— Prime Minister and First Lord of Treasury—Mr. Bonar Law (Mr. Lloyd George, L.). Lord President of the Council—Marquis of Salisbury (Earl of Balfour, U.). Lord Chancellor—Viscount Cave (Viscount Birkenhead, U.). Home Department Secretary of State, Mr. W. C. Bridgeman (Mr. Edward Shortt, L.). Foreign Affairs—Secretary of State, Marquis Curzon (Marquis Curzon, U.). Colonies—Secretary of State, Di \e of Devonshire (Mr. Winston Church id. L.). War Office—Secretary of State,. Earl of Derby (Sir L. Worthington-Evans, U). . India Office—Secretary of State, Viscount Peel (Viscount Peel, U.). Admiralty—First Lord, Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery (Lord Lee, U.). Board of Trade—President, Sir P. Lloyd Greame (Mr. S. Baldwin, U.). Ministry of Agriculture—President, Sir R. A. Sanders (Sir A. Griffith-Bos-cawen, U.). Board of Education—President, Mr. E. F. L. Wood (Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, L.). Ministry of Health—Minister, Sir A. Griffith-Boscawen (Sir A. Mond. L.). Ministry of Labor—Minister, Sir Montague Barlow (Dr. T. J. Macnamara, L.). Secretary of State for Scotland —Lord Novar (Mr. R. Munro, L.).

THE LIBERAL PARTY. CHIEF PLANKS OF PLATFORM. Received Nov. 7, 8.5 p.m. London, Nov. 6. The election manifesto issued by Mr. H. H. Asquith (Leader of the Liberal Party) advocates peace and disarmament, to be secured through the League of Nations; a prompt revision of the settlement regarding reparations and inter-Allied debts; drastic economy; abandonment of military adventures abroad; fulfilment by community of responsibility for securing workers against unemployment; unqualified free trade; defence of essential services; education, housing and health; political and legal equality for men and women; taxation and rating on land values; democratic reform of the licensing system; and the introduction of proportional representation. REVISED NOMINATIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, November 6. The revised list of nominations’ in England, Scotland, and Wales shows a total of 1426, of which 474 are Conservatives, 182 National Liberals, 336 Liberals, 414 Labour, and 20 various.