BRITISH ELECTION

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 October 1924, Page 11

BRITISH ELECTION

EXTRA EDITION.

MR MACDONALD’S GOOD RECEPTION. ANTI-LABOUR PACTS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT (Received, Oct. 16, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 15. Mi- MacDonald had a great send-off from Newcastle to-day for his tour of Yorkshire and Lancashire. In a speech at Gateshead he said: “We are determined and' expectant to have a great victory. No intelligent person wanted to end the Labour Government.” At a meeting of 5000 people at Edinburgh he was accorded a fine reception. He appealed to the country to send hack Labour in sufficient numbers to defy both the other parties. So far over a dozen local Conservative and Liberal anti-Labour pacts had been arranged, with a view of not splitting: the anti-Labour vote - in constituencies where at the last election triangular contests resulted ip the return of Labourites, often on a - minority vote. Many more pacts are being negotiated. Conservative and Liberal headquarters are not countenancing such pacts, but'are not ooposing them. It is thus likely that by'October 29 a substantial number of* the 70 triangular contests at last election wiH have :been avoided. Up to the present the Liberals have been more ready than the Conservatives to agree to make such pacts. For example, Liverpool Conservatives declined to make any arrangement.—-Reuter. NEW ZEALAND LABOUR’S GOOD WISHES. WELLINGTON, Oct. 16. The following cables has been-* sent by the New Zealand Labour Party .to the .British Labour Party: “The New Zealand Labour movement sends fraternal greetings to, the British Labour Party. The British Labour Government’s action regarding Singapore, the Anglo-Russimi Treaty, and Imperial preference is heartily endorsed. Your masterly handling of the European situation has changed the world from war to peace, chaos to peace, menace to promise, and has placed Britain in the forefront of the nations who desire international peace, scientific reconstruction and social welfare. New Zealand Labour urges all lovers of freedom in the Homeland to give you an opportunity of containing the good work in building up the British Commonwealth and international goodwill. ’ ’ The cable is addressed to Mr Henderson, and is signed by Messrs Brin die (national president), Holland (Parliamentary leader), and Nash (national secretary).