FINAL SPEECHES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 28, 14 November 1935, Page 6

FINAL SPEECHES

THE LABOUR OBJECTIVE. . ~— ' IN EVENT OF A CRISIS. . OPPONENTS WILL. BUFFER. (United Press Association—Cepyright) (Received .This Day, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 13. “The electors oughtto have had time to consider the issues, which affect not only'Britain but the Empire and the world,’ ’ said Mr Lloyd George, at Carnarvon, adding that if there had been more time the defeat of the Govern»ment would have been inevitable. Mr Arthur Greenwood, at Doncaster, said that Labour was fighting for a majority. If threatened with a crisis they would see that the people who caused it suffered. The House of Lords Swould go. The Government had ex: iploited the international situation to divert attention from home affairs, land obtain a further term of ofl'iCe. ‘ Sir Austen Chamberlain' at Birmingham said: “We must} not put into power men who say there willbe a ‘gcrisis if their policy is carried out.” , l i . INCREASE IN VOTERS. ‘ LARGEST N UMBER) 0N! RECORD. LONDON, November 12. , Less than 48 hours remain before the nation goes to the polls, and al‘most every one of the 1348 candidates has many platform engagements before the campaign closes. Party organisations are working ’at full pressure on the final canvass of their supporters. The number~ of electors on the rolls is the, largest which. has ever taken part in a. parliamentary election, having grown from 29,952,361 in 1929 to 31,305,527. The normal voting hours are from 8 a.m,. to 8 p.m., but in many constituencies, in order to's‘uit the convenience of voters, the polling booths will be open on Thursday from 7 a.m. to 9 .m. p The counting of the votes in some of the 300, boroughs will be undertaken immediately after .the polling closes, and the results wilt be known within a few hours. In the more scattered county constituencies, the votes will be counted on the following morning, and early on Friday afternoon nearly all the results will have been declared. The Prime Minister, Mr Stanley Baldwin, made his final speech at‘Newcastle to-night, and nearly every other Minister, in cluding Mr Neville Chamberlain and Sir Samuel Home, spoke at one or more meetings to-day. Major ‘O. R. Attl'ee, leader of the Labour Party, spoke at Nottingham—British Official Wireless. , .