BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10157, 29 November 1910, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE DUKE AND UOYD-GEOSGt

A COWARDLY ATTACK. (Received November 28, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, November 27. The Duke of Marlborough, addressing a meeting, said that when ho interviewed Mr Lloyd-George three years ago lie did not suspect he would become a target for insolent and unsavoury invective. Then he thought Mr Lloyd-George a gentleman, but he seemeu to have reverted to his type and become himself. 'What did tile poor think of their sham poor man with £SOO a year stirring i:p class hatred? He reminded them of Mr Lloyd-George's cowardly attack on the Lords through their ladies, an insult which affected one of his colleagues in the Cabinet.

LLOYD-CCDnGE ACTtVE

(Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.) LONDON, November 28. The Hon. D. Lloyd-George is conducting a series of meetings in Scotland, which re-call the late Mr Gladstone's campaign. There were 20,000 applicants for seats at his meeting in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh. A sum of £2OO was returned to disappointed applicants. Mr oyd-George addressed many meetings at railway stations, and in the open air, during a thirty-four miles motoring journey from Peebles to Selkirk. There were several inches of snow on the ground.

LATE ITEMS.

(Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.) LONDON, November 28. A feature of the elections will be the increase in unopposed returns, and the diminution of three-cornered contests. The Liberals have not provided candidates for sixty-four seats, chiefly in the Home Counties The Unionists have not found candidates for thirty-six seats. Five hundred and thirty-eight but of 567 English, Welsh, and Scotch Commoners are seeking re-election. Unionist working men are standing for Macclesfield, Stockport, Norwich, Hyde, Attercliffe, Ratcliffe, and Tarn worth. The Standard's fund to assist these candidates has reached- £6943.