BOTHWELL BY-ELECTION.
REASON FOR LABOUR’S WIN. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON. March 28. The Labour victory at Botliwell is ascribed to a strong feeling against a reduction in the miners’ wages, as suggested by the Coal Commission’s report, as the constituency is a mining one.
The Liberal candidate forfeited his deposit. The big drop in the Conservative poll is attributed to many Conservatives abstaining from voting owing; to Labour’s strength. ; 'The new member once represented North Lanark. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 30 March 1926, Page 5
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