BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8024, 10 January 1906, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

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CADIDATES' ADDRESSES. AVOIDING HOME RULE. Londox, January 8. Sir H. Campbell-Banuerman's address does not mention Homo Rule. Sir Charles Dilke's consists of the single sentence; " 1 solicit with confidence a renewal of your trust." Sir G. H. Chubb, President of the Nonconformist Unionist Association, urges it to vote against every Radical unless he declares that Home Rule is as dead as a doornail.

JOHN BURNS ON THE SITUATION. Received 9, 9.27 p.m. London, January 9. Mr John Burns, speaking at Derby, characterised Mr Chamberlain's recent that there were now a million able-bodied men in the work houses and infirmaries as an amazing blunder.

He declared that all paupers num* bcrcd 747,000 men, women and children, and that there were only 7615 able-bodied men in the work-houses of England and Wales.

MR ASQUITH'S VIEWS. Mr Asqnith, speaking at Huddersficld, expressed the hope that tho law relating to trade disputes would be amended to extend workmen's compensation in all industries. MR. SYDNEY BUXTON. Mr Sydney Buxton, Liberal member for Poplar, speaking at Poplar, declared : "I will not support Home Rule in the coming Parliament, though I do not say. that I will rote against it." t LORD LANSDOWNE HITS OUT. Received 9, 9.27 p.m. London, January 9. Lord Lansdownc, in the course of a speech at Manchester, said that when the Liberals were last in office we were in hot water in many parts of the world, yet the Right. Hon. Mr Asqnith, the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the new Ministry, after years of Unionist government, recently asked: Where eould England's enemies be found? i Lord Lansdowne said he was content to accept that as the epitaph of his political tombstone, and declared that the Liberals never raised the embankment to arrest the great tide of protection against the invading world.

JOHN MORLEY'S ADDRESS. Received 9. 9.27 p.m. London, January 9. JoTitf Moriey's address to his constituents declares that there must be insincerity in the Unionists' manifest, since if the Government obtained a majority, they undoubtedly would deny that the Liberals received a mandate regarding Home Rule. Every vote against the Government meant a vote for taxation of food, for a protective tariff, and for a gigantic dislocation of commerce. POLLING DAY. Received 9,11.55 p.m. London, Jan. 9. Parliament has dissolved, and reassembles on February 13th. •The first pollings will take place at London on 15th January. HOME RULE. Received 9,11 55 p.m. London, Jan. 9. Mr William Jtedmond declares that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and his colleagues ar<? pledged to Home Rule. ■