ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 54, 26 October 1931, Page 3

ELECTION CAMPAIGN

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SIZE OF GOVERNMENT'S MAJORITY NOW THE ONLY QUESTION

. — By Telegraph — CopyrightO

Ree. Oct. 25, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Saturday. 1 Phe only speculation now in con- ; :tion with the, general election is arding the size of the National rernment's majority. ilr. Lloyd George's latest appeal ilst interesting is not considered >ly to effect the issue, except per-. is in Wales. he election campaign is proeeeding ckly to its close in a singularly jventful manner. 01 "up-to-date niethods are operataeroplanes, speed boats, motor nches and talkie vans being utilisfor propaganda. Twelve Conservae talkie vans addressed 12,000 men. single van held a crowd of 6000. i number of eandidates have ata cted crowds at open-air meetings means : of songs and speeehes by imophone. Fhere'are 29,523,692 electors 668,1 more than in 1929, divided into ,614,9,47 women and 13,908,745 ■, in. ^ Restaurants everywhere are arR lging special dinners and dance ipers at which results will be )\vn or announced till 2 o'clock in 10 > morning. The number of counts on Tuesday : ;'ht will be slig'htly larger than in 29. Some results will not be known r" :ally until 2 o'clock in the mornThe results expected on Tuesy night total 215 and those on Wedsday 315. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's vote at aham is not expected until Wedsday afternoon, when there will ;o become available Mr. Winston LurchilPs and Sh' John Simon's reIts. Generally speaking only the relts of the towns will be available Tuesday night. Lady Houston resents the Consertives being led by Mr. Ramsay Macmald and her yacht Liberty in iuthampton Water displays an eltric sign : "Down with Ramsay Macmald the traitor." The yacht is rerted to be going to Seaham Harur during the week-end. Mr. Lloyd George is now deseribed a leader without a party, unless it the Labour Party, for the newspers tabulate only six Lloyd Georgbs, Miss Megan Lloyd George, Mar Gwilyn Lloyd George, Major Corwy Owen, Mr. Frank Owen and r Edgar Wallaee. Viscount Grey, of Fallodon and her Liberals have repudiated Mr. oyd George's adviee to free trads to vote Labour. Lord Grey exessed the opinion that the Labour irty's policy is fraught with danr.