BRITISH POLITICS.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1599, 3 February 1906, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

Ke-eiected: Week, Sir A. Bignold. Labour Representation Committee candidates elected to X'arliament will ■sit in opposition whether Liberals or Unionists are in oflice. JMr lveir llardie, in an article in the National Keview, emphasises the sudden apparition of the Labour I'arty, gaunt and grim, knowing neither Liberals nor, Conservatives save us opponents to be guarded against, lie adds: "The common people of Britain, for weal or woe, like those of the world generally, have entered on a ,'inal struggle with the upper classes for supremacy. lie declares thai protection will be discussed on its merits. The aim of the Labourites id to visit the colonies and arrange with labour there a common course of action; to strengthen the relations bet ween the Mother Land and her colonies; to take the question of free trade versus protection out of the hands of party politicians: to come to an understanding acceptable to labour movements. Ue emphasises the fact that mechanical inventions are rapidly reducing the demand for labour and increasing the output of commodities. The result with three returns to come: Liberals, 378; linionists, 155; Nationalists, H;i; Labour, 51. The Daily (iraphic declares that the 1 nionists' crushing defeat will result in u Conservative revolt against tariff reform. Without quesI tioning the theoretical accuracy 'of Mr Chamberlain's position, it says his policy is one ol revolution, without the justification of urgent necessity. Elected: Flint Boroughs, Air Lewis (L.). A Belgian firm has delivered lo the .Moorish pretender two quickrirers and 1000 Mausers, with ammunition. Dr Crossland's Xoxol stirs the sluggish liver aud puts it into good working order without causing griping, nausea, or other disagreeable effects. It is a marvelous medicine for indigestion and constipation. Try it to-day. 2s at Chemists' and Stores. —Adv t.

Mr Augustine Birrell, President of the Board of Education, speaking at Bristol, said that for some months to come he will he immersed in the details of the Education Bill. Tt hap already wholly absorbed his thought*, which have been turned into no other channel than those connected with this great reform. lie Imped for a happy settlement, and prayed that- Christianity, w)>ieh all were so anxious to impart to the workers' children, would not disappear entirely from the debates in the House of Commons, but that a spirit of forbearance would be exhibited by all whnle.ver standpoint 1 was taken. I The ' Times ' remarks that Mr Birrell has already discovered that the subject is not nearly so easy as it . ooUed to Mr Balfour's gay and irrcsonsible critics. There are already ominous warnings of a potential storm, which nowise always owe their origin to the malignant spirits of Opposition. Messrs Hardin and Barnes visit the Irish League offices in Dublin ami intend to study the Irish labor problems and deYote special attention to the condition of the Vest of ireluud. The 4 Standard ' reports that it understands Messrs MacDonuld. Crooks. Shackleton. Arthur Henderson. and Keir Hardie, Labor representatives, will sail for the colonies in August, and be absent a year and a-half. The Local Government Board declines to sanction tin* Lambeth Board of Guardians' scheme for a farm colony at Basing-Stoke, in Hampshire. | considering it too experimental.