BONAR LAW'S MAJORITY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 273, 17 November 1922, Page 5

BONAR LAW'S MAJORITY.

REDUCED TO 2500. •WO MINISTERS DEFEATED. ***>UB GAINS IN GLASGOW. LONDON, November 10. The new Prime Minister, Mr. Bonar if*' -J*** re-elected for Central Glasgow. jw. Bonar Law's majority of 13,000 in ! *kT. WM reduced to 2500* over Labour, j the Labour and* Liberal parties !?"*sjH><i polled four more votes than "* «itae Minister received. j aJr\P- H - Asquith, leader of the InJSV* 11 * Liberals, was returned for With a majority under 400, comP* with 2834 when" he was first re--2t * 0r tnat constituency at the byin February, 1920. ' , -•, vIS" George, leader of the j «J?*y Liberals, was returned un'ff** for Carnarvon. X.*' J ' R Clynes, leader of the Par•!J22** , y Labour party, who was not ** * ne B enera ' election in 1918, ;';'. for the Platting division j -™*««Bthester, only through the split-

ting ot the anti-Labour vote, the combiner! Liberal and Conservative vote exceeding the Labour vote. There have been eight Labour gains ] in Glasgow, where several well-known! Conservatives were beaten. ! At Oxford there was a great reversal. ,the form?r Conservative majority of! j 5000 being converted into a Liberal" majority of 3800. I Mr. T. W. H. Inskip. Solicitor-General in Mr. Bonar Law's Ministry, was returned for Central Bristol. The following new Ministers have been defeated: — Mr. G. F. Stanley, Under-Secretary of I Home Affairs, who contested Pres"ton, | where a Labour candidate topped the I poll. Mr. L. G. Wilson. Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. Reading. . Among the members of the late Government, the following have been rej uirnerl: — Sir Robert Home (Conservative), late Chancellor of the Exchequer, for Hillhead division of Glasgow, with slightly increased majority. Dr. T. J. Maenamarn f Liberal), late Solicitor-General. North-west Camberwell. Sir Leslie Scott (Conservative!, late Solicitor-General, who defeated Mr. J. Devlin (Irish Nationalist) in the Exchange division of Liverpool bv> about 3000 voter.. WELL KNOWN MEMBERS. Other well known members of the late Parliament who have been re-elected include: — Lady Astor (Conservative), first British woman to sit in the House of Commons, returned for the Sutton division of Plymouth. Lieut.-Colonel John Ward (Independent), former Labour Leader, for the Stoke division of Stoke-upon-Trent. Lieut.-Col. C. James (Conservative), for Bromley, the former seat of Lord Forster, 'now Governor-General of Australia. I Mr. J. M. M. Erskine (Independent Conservative), for St. George's division of Westminster, by a majority of 3500. Among new members elected are:— Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald (Labour), who has been out of Parliament since 1918, elected for the Aberavon division of Glamorganshire, wresting the seat from a supporter of Mr. Lloyd George. Sir Edward Grigg. who was military secretary to the Prince of Wales on his tour of New Zealand and Australia, headed the poll at Oldham, which he contested as a National Liberal, Lady Emmott (Independent Liberal) being at tho bottom. j Dr. C. Addison, who until April. 1921. was a member of Mr. Lloyd George's Cabinet, and then joined the Independent Liberals, was defeated at BhoreI'iteh by a National Liberal. A sensation was caused at Battersea North through Saklatvala. an Indian extremist, defeatinc the National Liberal candidate by '2000 votes. EXCITEMENT IN LONDON. After the closing of the polls excitement in London increased as the evening wore on, especially when Labour victories at Barnsley, the Hanley division of Stoke-on-Trent, and Accrington were announced on illuminated screens in Trafalgar Square and outside newspaper offices in the Strand and in Fleet Street. There were also loud cheers when the re-election was announced of a popular Independent member, like Lieut.-Colonel John Ward for tbe Stoke division of Stoke-on-Trent. It is estimated that at least 20,000 motor cars were placed at the disposal of candidates. Many had 59 or 60 employed in bringing voters to the poll. Labour candidates had more cars than ever before. There were pathetic scenes in Tyrone and Fermanagh. Excitement was so great that aged, sick, and infirm were, taken from their beds and carried in stretchers to record their votes. Women candidates fared badly. Those defeated include Dame Giyynne Vaughan for North Caroberwell, Mrs. Olive Strachey for the Brentford and Chiswick division of Middlesex, and Mrs. Eleanor Rathbone for the East Toxieth division of Liverpool. Lieut.-Colonel B. C. Freyberg, V.C. (Liberal), was defeated for South Cardiff. Mr. Percy Harris (Liberal), who formerly resided in New Zealand, was returned for South-west Bethnal Green.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL. A soldier at 19, Mr. Winston Churchill has long been one/ of the most conspicuous figures in public life. He saw the Spanish campaign in Cuba, was with the British force through the Indian frontier wars, and in the Soudan campaign of 1898. He won distinction in the Boer War, acting as war correspondent for "The Morning Post," was captured by the Boers, and made a dramatic escape. In Parliament Mr. Churchill reproduced many characteristics of his father. Lord Randolph Churchill.' whose life he has written. He left the Conservatives and joined the Liberal party in 1904 He was much criticised for his action, while Home Secretary, in employing troops to assist the police to capture the Hounaditch murderers at the "Sidney Street Siege" in J»" U »'T' j 1011 He was again attacked by the I Labour party for sanctioning the uec of I tr'ooos during the strike riots at Tonypandv. Liverpool, LJanelly and other towns. He became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1912, and in 1014 introduced ' the highest Naval estimates in British history. The readme* of the Vavv at the outbreak of war won naUonal gratitude for M, Churchill. He resigned in 1«1* as a result of dwaareemert with teh late Lord F.sher. He returned to active service as an offic-r in 1915. and resumed his political career later, becoming Secretary for War in 1919. and later Secretary lor the Colonies. MR. E. S. MONTAGU- ' Air F. S Montagu was at the City of London' School (as was Mr. Asquith) and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was president of the Ln.on Soceitv. he entered Parliament in 190 as Liberal representative for the Chesterton division of Cambridgeshire. Mr. Asquith struck by his cleverness, made him his private secretary and successfully advanced him as Under-Secretary for India. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Chancellor of the Duchy, and Minister or Munitions. When Mr. Asquith fell, k clever young friend also lost his job, but Mr Lloyd George with the tempting bait of the India Office drew him from the Vquithian camp into his own fold, and only the influence of Mrs- Montagu some time later made it up between the old man and his errant protege Inheriting the financial acumen of his raw, .Mr. Montagu is credited with the invention of the War Savings Certificate He resigned the Secretaryship of Tndia after a quarrel with Mr. Lloyd George, during which he -made a sensational attack on the House on the ex-Premier's methods.