British Politics.
A STARTLING DEFEAT. (Received April 6, 9.48 p.m.) LONDON, April 6. The election at Brighton, necessitated by Mr W. E. G. Lodcr accepting the appointment of Junior Lord of the Treasury, resulted : E. Viliiers (Liberal) 8209, Lodcr, 7392. The defeat of Mr Lodcr caused a tremendous sensation in Parliamentary circles. Mr Herbert Gladstone has written to the Lancashire.and Cheshire Liberal agents, saying that the general election must come soon, as the Government, merely to save their political skins, have adopted the cowardly and humiliating practice of absenting themselves when inconvenient questions arose. MR BALFOUR'S EXPLANATION. (Received April 6, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON. April 6. In the House of Commons Mr Balfour said continuous debates on matters not immediately imminent brought Parliamentary proceedings into somo ridicule. (Ministerial cheers.) He- would have nothing more to do with them. (Cheers.)
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 792, 7 April 1905, Page 3
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138British Politics. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 792, 7 April 1905, Page 3
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