RESIGNATION REQUESTED
MEMBER OF HOUSE OF COMMONS London, Aug. 2. The Peebles and South Midlothian . Unionists Association is asking its member of Parliament, Captain A. H. M. : Ramsay, to resign lhe seat. The asso- ! ciation again calls the attention of the 1 Government to the constituency's diffi- , cult position, which it states, persists : despite repeated requests that the mati ter should be cleared up. I Ramsay, founder of the Right Club, has been detained by the Government under the National Security Regulations since shortly after the outbreak ot war. In a libel action against the "New York Times ’ last week he was awarded a farthing damages. The paper alleged that he had sent treasonable information to the German Legation in Dublin. At the last general election he ! won the Peebles and southern division of the Midlothian and Peebles electorate with a majority of 1462 votes against J. D. Pryde (Labour who polled 12,209 votes].
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 5
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154RESIGNATION REQUESTED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 5
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