BRITISH ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1929, Page 5

BRITISH ELECTIONS

THE NOMINATIONS. A LIST OF 1724. • United Dress Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON, May 20. ~ Nomination day produced 1,724 candidates, 588 of whom are Conservatives, 571 Labourites, 509 Liberals, 25 Communists, 31 other parties, with over £261.000 in deposits. The combined English Universities have not yet nominated candidates. Four Conservatives and three Nationalists were unopposed, the latter consisting of T. P. O’Connor (doyen of the Mouse), whose prospective Communist opponent failed to produce £l5O deposit, and Joseph Devlin, and T. Mnrbison in Tyrone and Fermanagh. The Conservatives, although they held the seats in 1924, arc not contesting them this time. Conservative unopposeds are the Speaker (’Captain Eitzroy, for Davontrv), Commodore King (Parliamentary Secretary of .Mines) for South Paddington ; Colonel Sinclair (Belfast University), .Major Ross (Londonderry). In a majority of sixty-two London divisions there are three-cornered contests, but in South West, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, South Tottenham, North Battersea, quadrangular fights are staged consisting of Conservatives, Labourites, Liberals, and Communists. There are also four candidates, including independents for Harrow and Colchester. W. S. Sanders, Labourite candidate for North Battersea, refused to shake hands with Salclatavala (Communist) who is again contesting the seat. Among twenty nominations papers for Mr Lloyd George at Carnavon, included one signed exclusively by Conservatives, although there is a Conservative candidate. WOOING THE ELECTORS. CANDIDATES VERY BUSY. (Received this day at 11 a.m.) LONDON, May 20. Leading politicians are hard at work throughout Whit Monday. Everywhere there is a reqttest for meetings, where there arc big crowds.

Mr Baldwin opened the northern campaign by addressing 50,000 at Blackpool Beach by means of loud speakers. The speech was relayed from the Palace Theatre. Earlier. Air Baldwin, when strolling along the promenade, was recognised and there was a great roar: “We want to see your pipe.” * Air Baldwin smiling, produced his briar and lit up, saying: ‘‘l can assure you politics are not the thing I would choose for bank holidays, if I had,mv choice.”

AH MacDonald spoke at places as far apart as Carlisle and Bradford. In his first speech he made play of Air Baldwin’s slogan, “Safety First,” saying: “I am not aged and decrcpid enough to adopt that motto. AA hat England needs, is courage and energy.”