BRITISH POLITICS.
THE MANCHESTER ELECTION. London, April 15. Mr. I!. Hales has ueeiued to withdraw I'rom the election contest for Mr. Winston Churchill's sent at Manchester, lie will support the candidature ol Mr. Hicks, the Unionist representative. ili(. Irving, a Socialist, will be a candidate. Mr. Churchill gave a vigorous speech at Manchester, lie declared that if he were defeated it would be a serious blow for free trade, but the Governnient would not resign oil that account. Mr. Churchill stated in reply to questions asked by female suliragists that lie was iu favour of cxtcndinu the suffrage to women.
A "WILLING" CONTEST.
TARIFF REFORM ISSUE.
Received April 17, 0.41 p.mLondon, April 16. The Manchester election is being fought with terrific energy. Mr. 1 licks, the Unionist candidate, created much dissatisfaction in the tarillite ranks by evading questions anil declining to make tariff reform one of the issues of the election. He declares the real issue is condemnation ol the Government. The executive of the Free Trade League, consisting of Unionist Free- | traders and Liberals, requests the electors to vote for free trade, which is Mr, Churchill's chief plank.
COALMINEKS' EIGHT HOURS BILL,
London, April 15. As the owners of coalmines have resolved that, if the Miners' Eight Hours Bill conies into operation before June 30, 1909, they will then raise the price of coal by Is Cd a ton, existing contracts covering the interval, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, will move that the Bill do not operate until then.
NEW PIUVY COUNCILLORS. - London, April 15. Lord Fitzmaurice, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. T. R. Buchanan, Liberal M.P. for East Perthshire, have been created Privy Councillors. THE EDUCATION PROBLEM. London, April 15. The Daily Chronicle urges Mr. W. Runciman, the new President of the Board of Education, to convene an informal meeting with a view to arrangj ing a compromise on the question of religion ill schools.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 101, 18 April 1908, Page 2
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