THE NOMINATIONS
LAST HOUR DECISIONS.*,
(KIHTIR'S TELBGr.AH.)
LONDON, 26th November. i'he nominafrins led to some surprises. ji- example, the Labour nominee for vidgwater withdrew at the. last mo- ■ cut, leaving Sir Robert Sanders a
| straight fight "lvith the liberal, in the Abbey division of Westminster, Dr. -frinucane, Liberal, retired, leaving General J. S. Nicholson unopposed. Chelsea produced a Liberal candidate at the last moment, making a three-cornered fight for the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, and Mr. Ramsay Macdonald now has a straight fight with the Conservative at Aberavori, the Liberal nominee having retired at the eleventh hour. Two unexpected candidates appeared at Birmingham, one .a Liberal against Sir Francis l'owe, in Edgbaston division. A woman journalist provided a surprise at Berwick, being nominated as a Labour candidate against Miss Mabel Russell. The Labour split at Paisley is not healed, so that Mr. Asquith will have three opponents, a Labourite, a Co-operative; and a Conservative.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19231128.2.25.7
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 129, 28 November 1923, Page 5
Word Count
155THE NOMINATIONS Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 129, 28 November 1923, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.