LABOUR REPRESENTATION
SUCCESS OF A OANDIDATK. DISQUIETING EFEEOT. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. London, March 12. Mr Orook.', a Labour candidate, has been elected for Woolwich, He polled 8687 vote?, while his opponent, Mr Drage, secured 5419, ; The Times states that Mr Crooks' huge majority is disquieting, as it indicates that tha spectre which has nvpuofeed Continental Governments has appwrsd in Britain, Tbo Standard s-iys tliat the result is timost startling. Thti contest was f ought deliberately on 1 ibaur politicp, including shorter holies and higher •>'agrs. The Daily i''nws says that the result 's a (hucdevcl-ip, and the greatest "riumph for progress on record. The Trades' Union Coiipuss in Lonion congratulated Mr Crooks on bis victory. Mr Throne said that it was in answer to those j'idges who were giving decisions antagonistic to the Unions. Mr Stedman declared that no living Liberal could have won the seat,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 63, 14 March 1903, Page 4
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146LABOUR REPRESENTATION Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 63, 14 March 1903, Page 4
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