BRITISH ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1929, Page 5

BRITISH ELECTIONS

ELECTION CAMPAIGN

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyrignt).

LONDON, May 10

With Parli ment prorogued, th« election campaign begins in enrnes. throughout the country. The House could no longer he held together, as members for the past month have been stealing away to their constituenoiein increasing numbers, and been making speches and keying up local organisations. The Ministers have boon more or less tied to the House and Whitehall, but the Opposition leaders and many smaller fry have long since vanished into the wilderness. Those who remained separated gaod-luimouredly, and bniiteringly, one saying to another. “Well, suppose I shan’t see you again,’ - and others offering to insure their rivals against the ioss of ‘deposits. A lobbyist recalls the saving of the late Sir Wilfred Lawson, the witty teetotaller: “It is far easier to go to-the country than to come back again.” Conservative members of the. House realise that they are faced with the. stifFest election battle of modern times; in which many a doughty, champion mrst bite, the dust. r I he Liberal unemployment scheme still holds the field as the chief topic of discussion. If the Liberal Party is dead, it is a pretty lively corpse. There are now Liberal candidates for -IDS seats. Ihe total candidates .number lfioT. Mr Pur brick is contesting the Walton Division of Liverpool. .