BRITISH POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1655, 23 January 1906, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE ELECTIONS. By, telegraph, Press Ass'ii, Copyright London, Jan. 21, Tho following mcmbors havo been redecked:— Carnarvon, David Lloyd Goorgp, Liberal, tho now President of tho Board of Trade. Siworby, J. S. Highain. Liberal. Norfolk Sjubb, A. W. Beam's, Liberal Spon Valley, T. P. Wbittakor, Liberal Rossendalp, L. V. Haroourt, Liberal. ADgleeoy, E. J. Giiffib, Liberal. Rugby, Oorrio Grant, Liberal Durham North west, Athcrley Jones, Liberal. Epping, Lioutcnaut-Colonol Loskwood, Conservative. " Prostwiob, F. Oawloy, Liberal. Pudsey, G. Whiteley, Liberal. Bewdlay, A. Ballwin, Conservative. St. Augustine, Right Hod. A. AkersDouglas, Conservative. Derbyshire, Mid, J. A. Jaooby, Litoralj Tamwortb, Sir P. A. Muniz, Conservative. Widnes, Colonel W. H. Wa'kor,'Conservative. Medway, Colonel Warde, Conservative. Tbe fallowing new member haß been elected:— Flint Burghs: Idris (Libera'), replacing Lowis (Liberal). The following have been re-eleot6d unopposed : Cork South, Edward Barry, N. Ossory, W. Delaney, N. Kilkenny Sou?b, J. O’Mara, N. Tipperary Mid, 11. E. O’Brien, N. Mayo South, J. O’Donnell, N. Donegal West, H. A. Lav, N. In a speeoh at Hey wood, Mr T. P. O’Connor stated that a secret treaty existed between Sir H Campbell Bannerman and Mr Redmond to enable Ireland to attend to her own roads, build harbors, oontcol education, and to restore 4000 evicted tenants within two years. Irish aspirations would thus be oomplied with, and wrongs redressed. The Observer estimates that 473,443 votes in Britain have been oast forCbamberlainiem, 1,008,079 for Mr Balfour, 2,087,705 for froetrade, including 409,025 Labor, as against 77,286 Labor votes cast in 1900.

POLITICAL SPEECHES. LABOR PARTY’S OBJECT. Bj telegraph, Press Asa’n, Copyright Received 11.7 p.m , Jan. 22. London, Jan. 22. Mr Macdonald, secretary of the Labor Representation Committee, interviewed, said : “ The Labor party’s groat immediate object is to get an understanding with the labor an! democratic parties in the oolooie3 in order to proteot the Empire against'the British jingo desses. Our motto will be preservation of the Empire in the interests of peaoe and democratic justice all round.” THE REARGUARD FIGHT. Mr Chamberlain, in a speech at Wellington, appealed to the UDpolled constituencies to fight a good rearguard action, and oollect the scattered foroes to prevent defeat becoming a rout. SOUTH AFRICA. Mr Asquitb, at Langbaolr, Renfrewshire, said tho Government intended to give the Transvaal and Orange at the earliest possible period management of their internal affairs. “ If,” he said, 11 we left the colonies absolute fiscal freedom, retaining the same freedom, there would be no risk of serious friction either between the Motherland or one dependency and another.”

TARIFF REFORMERS FIND HAVEN OF REFUGE. By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright , Receive 9.46 p.m., Jan. 22. London, Jan, 22, Mr Austen Chamberlain, speakiDg at Worcester, said the tariff reformers had found" a Mount Ararat at Birmingham, where they would rest until the flood subsided, and then people the country with Unionist ideas. STATE OF PARTIES. 1, ga By telegraph, Press A'ss’n, Copyright Received 10.6 p.m., Jan. 22. London, Jao. 22. Liberals 253 Labor 41 Nationalists 77 Unionists 114