Summer Bedding—The planting] of Summer flowering plants at the various parks was carried out during the month, bedding plants being lifted from nursery beds and distributed as follows:—
Plowsring Subplants plants Tessfiold Park 3,656 37,600 24,854 Hongkew Park 300 16,994 1,600 Wayside Park 260 14,344 PublicGarden 350 9,462 10,220)
Minor Spaces 800 8,675 Gardens attached to Municipal buildings 950 96,435 1,450
PTER two days of alarums ind excursions, culminating in irreconcilable differences ithin the Cabinet, the Labour Government resigned this morning.
The Cabinet's formal resignation was handed to His Majesty at 4.13 pin.
The decision was inevitable after the meetitig of the Cabinet at 7 o'clock last night.
Thousands of people anxiously awaited some indication of its outcome outside No. 10 Downing Street, some sort of pronouncement being expected from moment to moment. At 10.15 Mr. MacDonald emerged and motored to Buckingham Palace. He looked worried and depressed. He did not return until 10.40 o'clock, After this morning's meet ing of the Cabinet it became Known that ten members of the Government had resigned rather than agree to any cuts in the social services, such as were insisted upon by the Conservati ives a8 a preliminary to their cooperation in a national economy campaign.
The ten who resigned are:—
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