LORDS AND ELECTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 690, 15 December 1909, Page 7

LORDS AND ELECTIONS.

SPEECH BY MR. BURNS, ■ EMPHASISES ■WORKERS' ACTS. (By Toletiaph.—Prosa Ajeoclatloq.-CoDyrlirht.) (Kcc. December 14, 10 p.m.) London, December U. Tho President of the Local Gcuerpment Board, Mr. John Burn?, has written a preface *_ to a pamphlet published by Jhe "Dnily Chroa- ._ iclo" (Liberal) on the Housing jind Town " Planning Act. In it Mr. Burns declares that tho Act is a better remedy for unemployment: jn the building trades' than auy restrictive n tariffs on timber and other building materials. Addressing his Battersca constituents at a meeting to which admittance was by ticket, Mr. Burns dwelt on tho Government's achieve- '* ribnts on behalf of tho workers, and declared that tho State should prohibit married women ' from working. ° HOME BULE ANP WOMAN SUFFRAGE, j (Rec. December 14, U. 35 p.m.) London, December li. Speaking before his constituents at Dunbar, - fho Secretary for War, Sir. Haldane, declared - that tho taiation of necessaries nould lead to 1 Socialism. He was in favour of Homo Rule and woman suffrage THE CONSTITUENCIES-ALLEGED INTJMIPATION. TWO MINERS' MEMBERS TO STANp AS LIBERALS. 3 London, December 13. f Messrs. Burt and Fonwick, Labour members ' for Mor'peth and Wansack respectively, will seek re-election as Liberals. I Mr. J. A. Pea6e, Chief Liberal Whip, addressing his constituents at Saffron-Walden, said threats had been made in tho eonstitu- ' ency, and in some cases, he had been informed, possibly notice would bo given to certain tenant farmers' and labourers : that if they voted for him they would bo ejected from their holdings and employment. Any agenjt bruiging such pressure to bear was liable to penalties μnder the Corrupt Practices Act. 81-CAMERAL SYSTEM. MR. KBIIt HAUDIB A ONE-CHAMBER ! MAN. London, December 13. Mr. Keir Hardie, Labour M.P., addressing his constituents at Merthyr-Tydvil, said he was a single Chamber man. If the House of Commons made mistakes, let the people who created it call it to account. "Tho Times" has declared that Sir., Asqujth's proposal would transform the House of JjQrds jnto a dummy Chamber. "The Liberals demand unfettered power for five years to dp what they like. How do they proppsp to get that power, or who will give it, they do not say."