LEICESTER BY-ELECTION.
LABOUR'S SOP TO THE LIBERALS. [ L’KKSS ASSOCIATION COPVPaiiHT. ] (Received 28. 9.55 a.m.) London, June 27. The National Executive of the Labour party deny that they issued a manifesto regarding the Leicester by election. Mr. Masterman, in a speech at Leicester, declared that it was technically inaccurate to say that t|ie executive had issued a manifesto, but the Parliamentary Labour Party's Committee had decided to condemn Mr. Hartley's candidature. Mr. Snowden. writing to the "Labour Leader." said that if the party endorser! the Labour candidature at Leicester they would jeopardise the seats of four fifths of the present Labourites, who were elected by the goodwill of the Liber als. The Labour leaders state that the decision not to fight the election w: a grave mistake.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 166, 28 June 1913, Page 5
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126LEICESTER BY-ELECTION. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 166, 28 June 1913, Page 5
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