BRITISH POLITICS.
BY-ELECTIONS. HOME RULE AND THE IRISH VOTE. ACTION FOR LIBEL. BY TELEGEAPII —MISS ASSOCIATION— COrrßiaUl. ' .London, April 23. Mr. Winston Churchill, President* of the Board ,of Trade, who i 8 seeking re-election for North-east Manchester on his, elevation, to Cabinet rank, has issued a writ for libel against; tli'o. " Manchester Courier " for • publishing letters accusing him of escaping from I/retoria through breaking his parole, and of deliberate lying' oii : the question of Chinese, labour in.South Africa. - . _ , - . THE LIBERALS AND IRELAND., London, April 23. ' With regard'to the election for Dewsbury, where the , new President of the Board of Education, Mr. Walter Runciman, faces his constituents, the Irish Federation of Government' Workers advises the electors to vote either, for :Mr.. Boyd-Carpcnter, tho Conser-: vativo candidato,, or for Mr. Ben Turner, who is • standing in the Labour interest. • ' Mr. T. W. Russell,~>M.P. for> South Tyrone, and Secretary, of; the Department of Agriculture,. Ireland, speaking at Aberdeen, promised.to vote for, Homo Rulo under ImTjorial control. •:
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 5
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