ITISH ELECTIONS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 39, 8 October 1931, Page 3

ITISH ELECTIONS

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■3RT CAMPAIGN ■ng day announced ■ in house of ■ COMMONS II on general lines

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■ec. Oct. 7, 11.56 p.m. I LONDON, Wednesday. i Prime Minister, Mr RamnlacDonald, announced in ■ouse of Commons that the ■on day would be October ■d that tbe new Parliament H assemble probably in the I week in November. |e new Parliament is to meet luesday, November 10. Arfements have thus been made Iduce the delay incurred by llection to the minimum alKd by the constitutional proEre.

■ft the . certainty of an impend■ftition, the House of Commons KS than half filled during ques■Riie, which was lifeless. Mr. ^Kiald, yielding to the entreaty ■g A. V. Alexander, former ^■jord of the Admiralty, told ^Krs that the King had granted ^■uest for a dissolution. ^Kament will be prorogued to■r, when a short Royal speech ■prorogation will be read ParliaByill be dissolved on Thursday. ^■announcement that the period ^Bertainty had ended was receiv■h general satisfaction, although Jftails are still awaited and will II fully known until the Prime Hr's manifesto has been issued. ■hanley Baldwin, Lord Presid|B the Council in the National ■j and Leader of the Conserva^■rty, will open his election cam■at Birmingham on Friday. K stated that Mr. D. Lloyd ■L tlxe Liberal Leader, holds the that the decision of the Lib^■inisters to remain in the Cab■id no longer oppose the elec- ■ a gross betrayal of the inter- ■ the country and the party and H?suit in fastening the shackles. ^■tection on the country for a ^■tion, and that it will wreck ^Bberal Party. ^fcolent attack on the Prime Hsr, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald ib Hire of an editorial in the "Daily which declares that he is hand and foot to the Tory ■hy." "We believe," says the ■ "that the country will refuse ^Hbamboozled gy an insolent ap■or national unity or by peurile ■s that the return of Labour ■ean a national collapse. ■i Beaverbrook ealls on all Em■rusaders to question candidates ■ke sure that they support Em■ree trade. ■ Arthur Henderson's opponent ■r-Admiral Gordon Campbell, ■of "Q" boat fame. ■s expected that three-corned ^Bts will be reduced to a mini- ■ campaign will be fought on principles and accordingly ■ is no need for specialised lit■e and posters. ■rDEN ■s stated that after the election ■hilip Snowden, Chancellor of ■xchequer in the National Gov■nt will be elevated to the peerBid will go to the House of Lords.