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LOGS ACROSS THE RAILS.

LOYAL WORKERS JOINING “STRIKERS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Moil)

LONDON, January 23. The dislocation of Ingistry in South Wales wing to the strike bas worsene that over 80,000 colliers. are now, these

The strike committee claims that 150 N.U.R locomotive drivers at Derby have joined the strikers, London and North Eastern Railway officials report that an attempt was made to interfere with the express from Glasgow to Edinburgh this morning. Pieces of wood and heavy coping stone were found on the line near Bishop Riggs.

Minister of Pensions....... Mr. F. O, Roberts Attorney-General....Mr. Patrick Hastings, K.

Mr. H. H. Slesser Solicitor General Financial Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. William Graham.

A goods train preceding the express cleared Financial Secretary of the War Office Mr. the obstruction without damage.

John James Lawson.

A village in Lanarkshire, Bishop Riggs is

Parliamentary Secretary of the Treasury and 31⁄2 miles from Glasgow, on the North British

Chief Whip.........Mr. Ben Spoor. Railway. The following have been appointed Under Secretaries:-

War....

Colonies

India.........

Foreign Affairs

Home Affairs..

Scottish Health.........

DEFECTION SPREADS.

LONDON, January 23.1

The railway strike position was easier in Lon-" don this moring, there being a fair number of trains.

Major C. R. Artled.. ..... Mr. Sydney Arnold. Professor Robert Richards, ...Mr. Arthur Ponsonby,

Mr. Rhye John Davies. idie,

The following have been

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Admiralty Agriculture Board of Trade Education

Health....

Labour.........

Further Welsh collieries have been rendered

Mr. William Leach. The defection among the N.U.R men is Mr. James Stewart. Increasing at Carlisle, where a joint strike com- appointed Parliamen-mittee has been formed.

Mr. Ammon, Mr. Walter R. Smith.

Mr. J. H. Thomas, the new Minister of Colonies, has resigned the political secretaryship of the N.U.R.

INDUSTRY SUFFERS.

LONDON, January 23. The railway managers are meeting secretly to consider the locomotive drivers' request for a con-

Mr. A. V. Alexander. .....Mr. Morgan Jones. Mr. Arthur Greenwood Miss Margaret Bondfield.ference.

......... Mr. Shin well. .....Mr. William Lung, All the foregoing are members of the House of Commons, except Messrs. Slesser and Arnold.

Mines.....

Overseas Trade..

CAREERS IN BRIEF.

to affect Meanwhile the strike continues industry in various parts of the country and has led to a serious shortage of coal at Liverpool where cargo steamers have already been delayed and a partial hold-up of shipping is threatened. A large oll mill has closed down and work at the Hull docks is prastically at'a standstill. Some large coalpits at Mr. F. O. Roberts, J.P., the Minister of Pen- Doncaster have been rendered partially idle and sions, has been Labour M.P. for West Brom-it is feared thousands of miners in South Yorkshire wich since 1918. He is a trade union secretary will be idle by the end of the week, failing improve- and a member of the Labour Party Nationalment in the situation, Executive.

Mr. Patrick Hastings, K.C., Attorney-Genera

SECRET "MEETING FAILS.”

LONDON, January 22.

has been Labour M.P. for Wallsend since The railway managers meeting adjourned 1922, Beginning his career as an engineer, without arriving at a decision, with regard to the he became a journalist any then a barrister-at-locomotive drivers' request for a joint conference. law. He served in the South African War.

Mr. William Graham Financial Secretary of the Treasury, entered the War Office as a junior clerk in 1003. He followed journalism from 1904 to 1918. During this period he had a distinguished careerat Edinburgh University. Elected to Edinburgh Town Council in 1913. he soon became a member of many other public bodies, including several Royal commis- sions. Mr. Graham has taken a leading part in Scottish legislation and has written largely on social, industrial and economic questions. Mr. John James Lawson, Financial Secretary of the War Office, was, educated at various Board Schools. He commenced work in a mine at 12" years of age. Since 1919 he has been Labour M.P. for the Chester-le-Street Division of County Durham,

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Mr. Benjamin Charles Spoor, Parliamentary Secretary of the Treasury and Chief Whip, entered politics in 1918 as Labour M.P. for the Bishop Auckland Division of Durham. Major Clement Richard Attlee, Under Secretary for War, was educated at Haileybury and Oxford. He was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1905. He saw service in the war with the South Lancashire Regiment and the Tank Corps (Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and France.) Mayor of Stepney in 1910, he entered politics in 1922 as M.P. for the Limehouse Divi sion. He was then appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposi-

tion.

Major Charles George Amtson. J. P., Parliamen

tary Secretary of the Admiralty is the organis- ing secretary of the Uolon of Postal Workers. Beginning as telegraph messenger, he spent 26 years in the Postal Service. He took an active part in trade union work and eventually be- came a member of the Labour Party's National Executive. He has been Labour M. P. for North Camberwell since 1922,

Mr. Morgan Jones, Parliamentary, Secretary for Education, is an ex-school teacher who declar- ed himself a conscientious objector during the war and was imprisoned. Ho was offered his post back after the war, but refused to take it, preferring to work underground as a collier. He was elected to Glamorgan County Council in 1919 and later became a member of the National Council of the Independent Labour Party. He won his seat in the House of Com.... mous in 1922.

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Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Parliamentary_Secretary for Health, has been a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Leeds.." He has served on many social and industrial commissions and has written numerous books. He was elected M.P. for Nelson and Clone (Lancs.) în 1922. Miss Margaret Bondfield; Parliamentary Secretary

Mr. Sydney Arnold, Under Secretary for Colanies,

has been a M.P. since 1912. He was Parlia-Mr. mentary Private Secretary to the President of the Board of Education and-to the Financial Secretary of the Treasury in 1914. He joined the Labour Party in 1922...'-

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for Labour, is the first woman to Hold office in the Government in Britain. A Trade Unionist and Labour leader, she has been, active as a lecturer and writer for the Labour and Socialist. movement. She has been a delegate to. numerous conferences held abroad. Emanuel Shinwall, Parliamentary Secretary for Mines, 1s National Organizer and Parlia- mentary Agent of the Amalgamated Marine Workers' Union. He was elected M.P. in 1922.

Professor Robert Richards, Under Secretary for Mr. William Lun, Parliamentary Secretary for

India, Professor of Economic,Bangor University, has been Labour M.P. for the Wrexham Division of Denbigh since 1922.

Overseas Trade, started work in a pit at 12 years of age and is now a checkweighman. He entered politics in 1918.

CLEARING THE GROUND.

LONDON, January 23,

Mr.. Arthur Ponsonby, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, son of the late General the Rt. Hon.

A communiqué states that the meeting of the Sir Henry Ponsonby and the Hon. Lady Ponsonby, grand-daughter of the Earl of Grey, Cabinet lasted two hours. Preliminary decisions Prime Minister, was educated at Eton and were taken as regards a number of questions, in- Balliol College, Oxford. He was Page of cluding unemployment, housing, agriculture, and Honour to Queen Victoria, from 1880 to 1887.those affecting ex-Servicemen, with a view to He served in the diplomatic service at Con-effecting immediate improvements administration stantinople, Copenhagen, and the Foreign and the working out of the details of the policy Office. In 1906, he was made principal private to be announced when Parliament meets. - secretary to the Prime Minister, the late Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. He became a <Labour M.P, in 1922.

Mr. Rhys John Davies, Under Secretory for Home Affairs, has been a Labour M.P. since 1921. For ten years he was a member of Man chester City Council. Now a member of the National Executive of the Labour Party, he bas held several union posts as secretary. He bogan life working as a farm hand and was for ten years a coal miner

FINANCE CONFIDENT.

LONDON, January 23.

The Stock Exchange opened confidently. The Cabinet appointments are viewed favourably, Gift edge fuvestments were a half per cent, above yes terday's figures. At the close Consols were 55% and war loan 90 Railways were a half to one higher, industrials participating in the rise:

WHITE RACE'S HOPE."

WASHINGTON, January 23. Mr. Victor Bergera, the only Socialistmember of Mr. William Loach, Under Secretary of the Air

Ministry, is a worsted manufacturer and a Congress, has cabled his congratulations and best member of Bradford City Council. He was wishes to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, adding: "To-day elected M.P. in 1972, Marowak Americanism and capitalism have come to mean Mr. James Stewart, Under Secretary for Scottish the same thing. The working clase, of Britain is Henith, it a member of Glasgow Town Council. the hope of the white race and the world. Theres OH He boog Labour MP-inde 1922. mange fors down with the bellish Versallen treaty

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