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ALLOTMENT MR F. M. FORDE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. WAR CABINET OF SEVEN MEMBERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) CANBERRA, October 7. The new Labour Administration was announced last night as follows: — Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Co-ordination: Mr J. Curtin. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Army: Mr F. M. Forde. Treasurer: Mr J. B. Chifley. Attorney-General and Minister of External Affairs: Dr. H. V. Evatt. Minister of Supply: Mr J. A. Beasley. Minister of the Interior: Senator J. S. Collings. Minister of the Navy and Minister of Munitions: Mi’ N. J. O. Makin. Minister of Social Services and Health: Mr E. J. Holloway. Minister of Customs and Vice-Presi-dent of the Executive Council: Senator R. V. Keane. Minister of Air and Civil Aviation: Mr A. S. Drakeford. Minister of |Commerce: Mr W. J. Scully. Postmaster-General and Minister of Information: Senator W. P. Ashley. Minister of Labour and National Services: Mr E. J. Ward. Minister of Repatriation and War Service and Homes: Mr C. W. Frost. Minister of War Organisation of Industry: Mr J. J. Dedman. Minister of Home Security and Assistant Treasurer: Mr H. P. Lazzarini. Assistant Minister of Commerce: Senator J. M. Fraser. Minister of Aircraft Production and Assistant Minister of Munitions: Senator D. Cameron. Minister of Transport and Assistant Postmaster-General: Mr G. Lawson.
The War Cabinet will consist of Messrs Curtin, Forde, Chifley, Beasley, Makin, Drakeford and Dr. Evatt.
DOMESTIC REFORMS
AND HUNDRED PER CENT WAR EFFORT. PROMISED BY INCOMING GOVERNMENT. CANBERRA, October 7. The new Labour Ministry was sworn in today, after which members of the Cabinet assumed office and issued statements emphasising the Government’s determination to secure speedy domestic reforms and ensure a 100 per cent war effort. The various States represented in the Cabinet are as follows: New South Wales, seven; Victoria, five; Queensland, three; Western Australia, two; South Australia and Tasmania, each one. The omission of the former Labour Prime Minister, Mr Scullin, from the Cabinet is due to his poor health and was at his own request. The average age of the Ministers is 54, the oldest being Senator Collings, who is 76, and the youngest, Mr Ward, who is 42.
The newspapers generally approve of the Labour Administration and express the hope that it will be given a fair trial.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1941, Page 5
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