HUSBAND AND WIFE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 March 1928, Page 7

HUSBAND AND WIFE.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. A LIBERAL VICTORY. b* CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COP Y EIGHT LONDON, March 7. The retsult of the St. Ives by-election establishes a precedent in the House of Commons, as a man and wife will sit together. As both are Liberals, it it is a less piquant situation than if they belonged to opposing parties. The lit- Hon. Walter Runeiman at- present sits next to Mr Lloyd George in the riont bench, 'the question arises whether Mrs Runeiman wil l , be permitted to sit with her husband or in a humbler p-iuee on a. back bench. Tile victory has set the Liberal bells a ringing and Conservatives do not disguise the fact that the turnover of votes is considerable, although they point lit that St. Ives has a reputation of being a persistent wobbler. '] no ‘‘Daily Express” editorially sa.yfc: * * It- is a sharp disappointment to the Government, is.ilied every- by-election now assumes a new significance. It shows that the revival of Liberalism is not a mere wish, but a vital fact. Events definitely point to Liberalism taking its rightful place as a natural alternative to a- Conservative Government

The result of the St. Ives bv-eleetion. owing to Mr J. A. Hawke’s ide ration to iudgeshin. was: ’Mrs AValter Runci,lllllll (Liberal). 10,241; Sir Andrew Caird (Conservative) 9478; Air Fred Mo-kin- (Labonwite). 4343.