STILL IN DOUBT

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11842, 25 January 1933, Page 5

STILL IN DOUBT

IRISH ELECTION ISSUE

SMALL FARMERS HOLD KEY TO PROBLEM.

(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright.)

LONDON. Jan. 23

. The Irish election issue is still uncertain Tlie parties arc unable to

guess how the small faniiefs will vote.

The honors of tbe campaign belong to the Fianna Fail, whose publicity, organisation, and strategy are described as being superior to that of the Cosgraveites. Air. De Valera, despite, his disastrous record, has forced Air. Cosgrave to stand on the defensive against charges of secret agreements to surrender to England. The; Centre Party is likely to attract many farmers’ wives.

COSGRAVE SHOULD WIN ON STRAIGHT-OUT VOTE

PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION MAY. ALTER POSITION

COMPLETE RESULTS EXPECTED AT WEEK-END

(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel Copyright) (Received Jan. 24, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 24.

The Times’s Dublin correspondent emphasises that the election issue is doubtful. On a straight-out vote, Mr Cosgrave is assured of a working majority, hut proportional representation may produce a different result, although the odds are slightly in liis favor.

Counting begins on Wednesday. It is expected that the results in the small constituencies will ho known by the evening, hut complete results will not be available till the weekend.

IRISH TAXES

MAY HAVE TO QUIT

Viscount Powerscourt, one of the largest "Irish landholders, hinted recently that he may have to leave tlie Irish Free State.

“If I have leave Ireland because H).f> economic pressure it will he. the most bitter decision of my life,” lie said after he had been elected president for .the next three years of the Royal Dublin Society, which organises the Dublin Horse Shaw and the Spring, Agricultural Show. “No man can tell what- may happen ;in the next few years. Nor can we telL whether the valuable work of this society will continue. If insuperable difficulties arise it may be necessary that our shows he cancelled. “I hope that I may be able to serve the socety for my whole term of office, but I feel bound to explain to you now that should the economic pressure bear ton much upon me—and it is twell-nSgh that already— I mav have to resign and leave the country I hav© loved and lived in so long. Should that occur, it will not be of toy choosing. “Should the voice of the- people declare that they do not want our services, then we will possibly go.with broken hearts, but with no feelings of resentment.’ - Lord Powerscourt recently dcciclou to' place his beatiful County Wicklow home, Powerscourt, and his estate on /‘(the market' owing to the increasec burden ,'of'taxation in-tlie Fine State.