HOME AFFAIRS.
CAPTAIN GUEST UNOPPOSED.
EAST DORSET BY-ELECTION.
(By CaMo—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) 1 LONDON, April 16.
At the by-election at Bast Dorset, Captain the Hon. F. E. Guest was reelected unopposed.
The by-election was rendered necessary by the appointment of Captain Guest as Secretary of State for Air Service. At the General Election the voting at East Dorset was:— Capt. Hon. F. E. Guest (Co-Lib.) ... ... 11,944 A. Smith (Labour) ... 4,321 THE "BACKBONE OF THE COUNTBY."
LONDON, April 17. Lord Derby, addressing the Junior Imperial League, said Conservatism was the backbone of the country. They were always ready to take in new recruits, new blood, and new ideas. He welcomed Mr Lloyd George as the newest recruit to their • party. COST OP IiIVTNa. LONDON, April 16. Official figures give the cost of living at April Ist as 133 per cent, above prewar basis, ■BEDUOTIONOr DEBT. , WASHINGTON. April 17. The Treasury announces that Britain has paid 25,000,000 dollars 'on account of her silver debt.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17123, 19 April 1921, Page 7
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