KING'S INTEREST IN RESULTS

Northern Advocate, 16 November 1935, Page 9

KING'S INTEREST IN RESULTS

Wnited Press Association.-By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.! (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, November 15. “We want the latest election results for His Majesty,” said a member of the King’fe staff, telephoning the Press Association from Sandringham at 6.45 a.m. Details had been telephoned to Sandringham all night long from the Press Association’s head office in Fleet Street, over a private wire from Buckingham Palace. His Majesty also received half-hourly reports of the state of the parties. NEWSPAPER COMMENT. The “Times” commenting on the election, says: “Nobody doubted that there would be a large diminution in the National Government’s abnormal ( majority secured in 1931. Issues, domestic to the extent of being parochial, 1 have been the burning question behind the expected Labour gains, but there is ho real division of opinion throughout the country about Mr Baldwin’s main course, whether at home or abroad. “The results already available show that the electorate is in no mood to see party Government restored, when no one party can offer the breadth of forbearance necessary to the sale development of a national policy.” The “Daily Mail” says: “There is nothing to show that the Government will lack a fair working majority.” The Minister' of Agriculture, Mr Walter Elliot, at midnight, said he regarded the results as definitely in favour of the Government, which should have a substantial working majority. The “Daily Telegraph” says: “At least it has been established that there Is no landslide from the National Government. Any hope the • Labour Party entertained of i a majority is utterly extinguished.” BALLOT BON; FIRE. The ballot box at Dartford, Kent, was discovered to be on fire, and 30 ballot papers were destroyed or damaged. The Labour candidate, Mrs Adamson, who was defeated by 3,000 votes, said she was satisfied that the results had not been affected. ANOTHER RECORD TO LADY ASTOR. The new House of Commons unprecedently has a mother and son, Lady Astor and Mr W. W. Astor, as members. This is Lady Astor’s second record, as she was the first woman to take a seat in the House of Commons. She and her husband, who previously represented Plymouth, have been connected with 1 the constituency for 25 years. A FILTHY FIGHT. Mr Ramsay MacDonald, on his arrival from Seaham, said: “I warn you I am out. .It has been a tre- . mendous fight. 1 feel justified in describing the contest as filthy. The tactics were absolutely reprehensible. The throwing of bricbats at my woman supporters’ cars last night was the climax of a series of horrible demonstrations.” Describing himself as “a completely done in old man” Mr MacDonald said he was too tired to discuss the future. “All I want is sleep. My energies are absolutely spent.” It turns out that the sending of an aeroplane to Seaham yesterday to bring Mr MacDonald to London was a ruse to enable him to leave the constituency by plane without fuss. INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS. The great shipping and manufacturing centres afford interesting insights into the trend of the election contests. The Conservatives hold six of the eight Liverpool seats, but, so far, they have dropped four of the ten Manchester seats, which previously were all Conservative. Mr J. H. Clynes (Lab.) is one of this quartet to re-enter the House. Labour has also won four of seven seats which hitherto were all Ministerial seats at Sheffield, but Birmingham again gave all its twelve seats to the Conservatives, including an overwhelming victory for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Neville Chamberlain, at Edgbaston. Early in the morning came a succession of four outer London seats recaptured by Labour, three from the Conservatives and one from an Opposition Liberal, who had won in 1931.