British Politics.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1922, Page 3

British Politics.

UNITED service telegrams BRITISH ELECTION NOTES. LONDON, November 14. There are freak election feats being scattered though very sparsely, through the final efforts to raise the campaign from a somewhat stodgy plane which has marked it so far. Mr C. G. F;.v. the Liberal and ex-cricketer, made a capture of Madame Clara Butt to sing tit his Brighton meeting. This feat shows the brightest. Her duet with Mr fCennerley Runlford was “I he Keys of Heaven.” It struck a major note of the whole election, in which all parties, by press, pamphlet and platform, are beseeching that unknown quantity “Madam Will You Walk and Talk With Me!” One section of the Labour Party have discovered the merits of howling down opponents. A break-up of Mr Churchill’s meeting -occurred at Dundee. This was repeated in several of the London constituencies. The general election outlook has changed but little. There is an increasing confidence displayed among the Conservative tipsters except in Scotland. In Scotland, despite a combination of the Liberals against Labour, a note of nervousness has now crept in at the eleventh hour. Another feature has been the gradual diminuendo of the war cries with which Air. Lloyd George's party commenced their campaign. The Duke of Northumberland addressed a dockers’ meeting at South, umpton. He was severely heckled. A disturbance resulted. Whan it was at height, Madame Melba arrived. She came from a concert. Realising the situation, she sat at a piano, and sang “Home, Sweet Home!” The audience were silence, some being profoundly affected. , POLITICAL OFFER. (Received this dav -it 11.30 a.mA LONDON, Nov. 14. A political sensation was caused at Dover where Poison (Independent Conservative) is opposing Astor (official Conservative). Poison alleges that Sir tßeginald Hall, and Sir John Malcolm Fraser offered to reimburse Poison’s expenses if he would retire from the contest. MR BOXAR, LAW. LONDON .Nov 13. Mr Bonar Law, in a speech at Glasgow, strongly criticised Labour’s policy of nationalisation. He said that an experiment of national control had been made under the best auspices during the war. hut immediately the war was over there was a burning cry to get back to private initiative. “With Russia’s nationalisation experiment before our, eyes,” hr said “we are not going to try it. T am in hearty .sympathy with unemployment insurance. I hope it will lie possible to make further progress in the direction of having unemployment insured ns part of the trade burden of industry, f see great hopes in a rapid improvement of trade conditions. There is now an opportunity for a great expansion of trade with the Dominions.