BRITISH ELECTIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1923, Page 3

BRITISH ELECTIONS.

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[ Kr.ingts Trt.EitKAMS.J LHIID 111 I! K F.N 11 F.A I). LONDON. Nov. 29. Lord Birkenhead, at A-htoii-l nderl.yne. said it would take F.urope at least five years to recover. "Are you going lo do nothing for the unemployed in that period ?” he asked. ".Moreover, it you try to compel:' with Germany's pound a week wages to skilled men, you will not have a million unemployed, Imt live million. Mr Lloyd George spoke at lour great open air meetings, gave three shorter addresses, and concluded with a meeting at Llandudno. The most remarkable gathering was at Itoehdale .Mark,, Spun re. where 20.(mil listeners included thousands of mill girls in shawls and (•logs. The speaker's voice was spread over thi- spun re bv means nl amplifiers. There was an amusing episode. \\ lid" delving into the protectionist argument Air Lloyd George turned to it friend, and whispered : "Was Gobdcn a Lancashire man?” lie. however. lorgol the amplifier, and t.iie aside was heard all over the Spume. There was a great r ; oi laughter, and cries m. "You don't know who Col.deii was!” "All” rejoined the speaker; ‘\voii heard that! It was this mischievous instrument.” A BOUGH (TiITIC. LONDON, Nov. 20. Sir A. Weigall, addressing the Conservatives at I lornenstle Division, incidentally mentioned Air Lloyd George. A lio'-kbr said: "You said Air Lloyd Georg,- was a good chap, the la-l time you were here.” Sir A. Weigall: "lie did good service during the war, hut, like some of my Lincoln red cattle, he revelled to type. You gel three or lour all right, and then comes one with a black nose and a white s t omaeh. FRU IT TAX OIT’OSKD,

LONDON, Nov. 2‘.) The "Daily Chronicle” . Liberal states three hundred wholesale fruitbuyers at Liverpool have protested to the Government agaiii-t a lax of live shillings per bundn dweight being put on foreign apple', and state it i- impossible for the Dominion- and the home producer- to supply the demand for another ten years. Such a duly will curtail tin American suppliers, and cause an increase in jn-le.-. Ml! BALDWIN. LONDON. Nov. .'in Apart, from the continuance ol Air Lloyd George and Lord Birkenhead's Hying tours in northern Kngland. the principal event of the past, day's electioneering was Air Baldwin’s "business address to business men” at Bradford, in which he emphasised the importance of the unemployment, and claimed that he. a business man. was developing what was "first, and last, and all the way a business policy.” He knew that when politicians spoke on industry. generally tliev talked the rot oi (heir lives. lie had been at great pains to consult experts in the wool trade, and had found Britain had bicn this year importing wool fabrics at the rate of about one thiid of the period immediately preceding the war. Britain’s exports of worsted tissues were now two-thirds of the pre-war rale, and the lull had la eu mainly m the United State-’ demand, where wool had suffered, in common with so many industries, owing to the Fordliey Tarill’. Tam not expert in wool," lie said, “but I know the figures of mi-1 employment about which Mr Lloyd George and Air Asipiith are ognifieautl.v silent. The Conservatives are striving for more regular employment, and the systematic development of home markets.” Continuing Air Baldwin said that recurring periods of depression not only eat up the savings of the people, hut destroy the very springs of thrift. "One of the homiest losses due to unemployment,” he said, "is the temptation to our people lo "ea canny!” While the chronic bouts of unemployment- persist, the de-ire to spin out every- job will continue. The mere presence of a large pool of unemployed is tl constant temptation to employers. Our policy is to adopt Imperial prefer-