POLLING TO-DAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18216, 29 October 1924, Page 9

POLLING TO-DAY.

BRITISH ELECTION.

LLOYD'S LATEST RATES.

MR BALDWIN HOPEFUL.

;»T CABLB-PBBSS ASSOClATlf'Jt—«>***!<! *T> (AUSTRALIAN AKD X.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.)

ißeceived October 2?th. , .30 p.irO

LONDON". Oeto!*r '2S

0 i the eve of the election, Llo\d t> insurance rates rrr*' sharply to <•> guinea,s per rent, "gainst the risk ol a clear Conservative majority, and live guineas per cent, against tli*» risk of a clear Lalwitir majority.

The result*'of ±2l constituencies -will lio declnred on Wednesday night. Of these 160 .re Finnish Jicroughs. '1 hose results will be sufficient to give a fair indication of the final result. Mr Baldwin, touring Yorkshire and had a tremendous reception at Rotherham, where 1000 Yvsop!© met the train. Mr Hitklwin refused to prophesy, but said, "Everything looks healthy." Today he s|HV.,ks at Manchester, Oldham, Bury, iSalford, and Bolton. CAMPAIGN JOTTINGS. Polling takes place to-day. Sufficient results should be available in Friday morning's "Press" to indicate the mind of the country. Last General Election in Britain took place in December, 1923, and the one before that 13 months earlier. As reconstituted after the formation of the Irish Free State, the House of Commons consists of 615 members, distributed as follows: — England:

Counties . • • - 230 Boroughs .. .. 'Jo. 1 ) Universities .. .. 7 Wales: Counties .. .. 24 Boroughs .. ... 31 University .. .. 1 Scotland: Counties .. 38 Boroughs .. .. 33 Universities .. .. 3 Northern Ireland: Counties .. . • 4 Boroughs .. .. 8 Universitv .. .. 1 Grand total .. .. 615