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Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1922, Page 3

to give the League of Nations scope for efficient action. Regarding defence, he believed the centre of. safety had changed. The danger from the air would be greater than the danger from the sea in future wars.

BRITISH NOMINATIONS. I (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Nov 5. ( Nominations totalled 1,266 consisting of 439 Conservatives, 362 Liberals, 324 Labourites, 105 National Liberals, (supporting Lloyd George), 21 Hide- ( pendents, 25 representing other, brands (including one Socialist and one Sinn Feiner. | Fifty-nine were elected unopposed, consisting of forty-two Conservatives seven National Liberals, five Liberals, four Labour, one Nationalist, namely T. P. O’Connor. The following Ministers were elected: Hogg, Barlow, Wood, doynson Hicks, Ashley, Earl Wmterton. Others elected unopposed include Lloul George, Whitley, (Speaker); Hope. (Chairman of Committees) : f-jteel. Maitland, Ernest Pollock, George Lambert, William Adamson, Lord Stanley. Eleven Unionists out of thirteen ; Ulster seats. • ELECTION NOTES. ; (Received this day at 11.30 a.m_) I ' LONDON, November o. Mr Lloyd George’s first unopposed | election during thirty-three years in Parliament occurred on his wiFe s birthday. His nominators included a centarian still working ns a joiner. G. Wilyii Lloyd George, son of the ex-Premier, who is contesting Pembrokeshire. received news of the birth of a son in London, while he was filing his nomination paper' with i nomination papers, each with ten signatures present on behalf ot Colone Nicholson. In Pertersfield, Viscount Curzon s nomination was signed entirely by war , widows receiving pensions. The threatened eleventh honor fio..d of Lloyd Georgeites to oppose leading Conservatives who destroyed the Coalition, did not eventuate. Joynson Hicks had an unexpected walk over in Twickenham due to the sudden illness of Rhys, Mr Lloyd George’s secretary who intended to stand. Malone who ; intended to stand ns Communist of Lu- , ton was not nominated against Leslie Scott, the sitting Unionist member j for Exchange division of Liverpool. . Guy Aldred. deserbed as an anti-Par- . liamentary Communist was nominated for Shetlestmie. He declares if elected he will not take his seat.

General Spears was returned unopposed for Loughborough, a Labour opponent arriving late with his nomination.