ENGLISH BY-ELECTION.
•-VTHE:iDB^S^ft.FIEtT^ 'SEAT. "_•:; '■'.' (Receirejd Last '"Night;s!-5 o'cloclr.jh LONDON., Augaisfc 16. ■; The Right -Hon. H. H. • Asquitb . (Prim© Minister) has sent- a jaeasago to Mr Kenyon, a- candidate for'tli© : . J;; Chesterfield seat, the vacancy., for,-'.-. which'-.was caused blithe death oft Sir"/; James Haslam (Labour),. Wishing hird: ": 'success 1 . - .(■•■■ ~[f """,." "•>'.. ; '"'...' ■ Mr Kenyon? describes the, decision arrived at executive of the Miners' Federation, in repudiating his candidature;,: as<paTt of the gaxne> played by the Labour Party's Social- ,>v. ist extremists^-t-V.;.' ; ' 'j--K:' "'■ "'■""«';> " Severalitocllrjofficials' predict that, ..;;>•. as a result of>tKe,executive's inters '(' vention, the miners of Derbyshire «n«l the Midlands will revert to Liberalism. . _ .......:,; ■:' " . ■. * Since Mr Asquith's letter constitutes Mr Kenyon the. Liberal candidate, the dispute between the Miners* Federation and the Labour Party has ;been referred to the Federation's Conference at Scarborough. '* The incident will, H is thought, tend to. loosen the Labour party's support of the Govenraent. ;
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 August 1913, Page 5
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144ENGLISH BY-ELECTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 August 1913, Page 5
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