ELECTION TURMOIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 5

ELECTION TURMOIL.

PROCESSION PREVENTED. GRANITE-WORKERS OBSTRUCT MR. LLOYD-GEORGE. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. '/ (Rec. January 11, 0.30 a.m.) > London, January 10. Cornish granite-workers compelled tlie abandonment of a- torch-light procession in honour of tho visit to Falmouth of Mr. Lloyd-George,■'■ Chancellor: of tho Exchequer. '-. . .

'l'ho granite-workers are ' incensed because the orders for'granite for the works at tlie Kosyth naval base have been given to foreigners, • and; made., an angry demonstration'at the, rftilway. station. \Police escorted Mr. Lloyd-GeOrge to his. motor-car. :

[In reply to a question in the House of Commons as to the use of foreign granite in works authorised by the Admiralty, tho First Lord, Mr.. M'Kehna, stated thai in tho, case- of large' contracts, the granite, was ordered by, the contractor, not by the' Admiralty.] . . SHADOW OF THE POLL. PEERS' ARDUOUS DUTIES OVER. . . (Rec. January,-11, 0.30 a.m.) : London, January 10; ■In consequence- of, .the dissolution of Parliament to-day, and . the < meeting' 1 of She Privy Council; the Peers have completed their electioneering, campaign.' . They have addressed '. 250 . anti-Budget meetings since December I.Y , : Sixty-seven - borough ' elections : will be held next Saturday. , -,-, -: - MR.. BURNS'S PROGRAMME. .London, January 9. Mr. John Burns; President of, tho-Lo'cal Boa-rd;'. includes in - his .pro-: gramme payment of ; members and 'their election expenses;''adult suffrage for men and, women, ,shorter .Parliaments,;:and an eight-hours' day. '• -' • .: ["The will of the people, as deliberately, expressed by their' elected representatives,' must, within tho I '. life* of ;• a- I 'single. Parliament,': be-made, effective. That, 1 and the reduction, of the/'duration of - Parliaments' ito'five.'.years is'.'the, Liberal policy. .' I: should not fear. four - years."—Mr. Asquith.] 1, -;,i : .v,