PREDICTED FOR FEBRUARY.
(Received 8.50 a.m.)*
LONDON, Dec. 18,
There have latterly been many vague rumours regarding a possible general election in the near future.
The "Daily News" to-day circumstantially predicts an election in February, and says that the abandonment of the Coal and Anti-Dump-ing Bills and the postponement of the Home Rule Bill are part of the election plans, because they would produce diyisions in the Coalition if proceeded with. Also, if Labour persists in its promised campaign for the nationalisation of mines in February, and the threatened renewal of industrial strife occurs, the Government will go to the country on an anti-Labour policy.
The paper adds 'that the Government's decision to prorogue before Christmas, instead of adjourning is due to the possibility of an election. —A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 20 December 1919, Page 5
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