GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 14 February 1940, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES

LONDON BY-ELECTION. LONDON, Februaiy 12. The Southwark by-election resulted: J. H. Martin (Labour) 5285; C. W. Pearson (Wai’ Advocate) 1550; Mrs. Vanderelst (National independent) 1382. The by-election was due to the death of Mr. Harry Day (Labour). RUGBY, February 9. The newspapers approve the terms of the reply which the Minister of Home Security (Sir John Anderson) gave to the House of Commons, on the question of whether the police would prevent Fascist interruptions at public meetings addressed by Cabinet Ministers. Sir John Anderson answered that under British law, Cabinet Ministers could be given no greater protection than anyone «*••. “It would be a sad day for Britain,” states the “Manchester Guardian,” “if our Cabinet became, as in Germany, an assembly of major and minor prophets, all outwardly respected in their own country. because of the police at their.. elbow and the concentration camp at their back. The Minister’s reply indicated that being at war has not caused Britain to sacrifice her customary freedoms, even those, which cause some nuisance to the majority.”