BRITISH ELECTIONS.

North Otago Times, 9 December 1910, Page 2

BRITISH ELECTIONS.

—♦ — By Electrio Telograph.-Copyright. Per Press Association. Received Dec. 8, at 8.10 a.m. London, Dec. 7. The Daily Ohronicle states that the failure to win has transformed. the Tory campaign into a rout. - The Times declares it is obvious that there has-been no distinct movement of r opinion in either direction since January, and this election is going) to renew.Mr Asquith's:dependence or, Mr Redmond. It is all, very well for Sir R, Grey and Mr Birrell to proffer re-assuring hints on the sitg'eet 'but tey will not settle the form Home Rule is to .take; that is Mi Redmond's business, and he will doiAUess attend thereto'. If the English electors are living'and voting, or rather voting, in a, . fool's paradise' the fault is not Mr Balfour's. Lord Selborne, at.Tavistock-, as'ied whether the nation could -.arTord: to risk making Ireland ;ai separate country,; Jf bh« Protestanta resisted Home Rule it .would be this coimtrjs's duty' to shoot them down. Regarding the veto,, the.. Government proposed to leave.-. the' House of Lords only the. barren and. useless powtr of: sayingi ,f No" three times in two' years. Such a 1 proposal was purely childish, '

Received Dee, 8, at 10.50 a.m. . London, Dec, 7. Further election results are: Cork (two scats'.— W. O'Brien find. Nat.) ... 5334- . M Healyi (O'BriHiite) hffl W.> Redmond (N.) ; . 4746 A, Roche (N) 4743 Previous election): O'Brien 4535, Roche ■ 4435, Healy 4229, Murphy (N) 3776, Sir E, Fltagerald find.) 2001,' Mr Anste;: Chamberlain has been elected unopposed ton Worcester .East. Received Dec 8, at 9.45 a.m.'. London, Dec, 7, .Mr Balfour, telegraphing to Mr Astor, the Unionist candidate for. Plymouth,.say's that.under* the referendum there would l be no plural voting, and the gross inequalities due to tho size of constituencies would be avoided, ■ ■. •» Messrs Churchill' and Lloyd (the Conservative candidate for Dundee) had. an inspiriting debating duel before ani audience of 5000 at Dundee. Lancashire (Newton Division)—

. Lord Wolmer (U) ... GTfIC J, A, Sedd'on (Lab,) ... ... 65G2 Previous election: Seddon (Lab.) 725G, Wolmer (U) 6554, .. ■ Cardiff—

, Lord Crichton-Stewart (U) 12,481 ';'-. Hyde(L).!;...... ...u. H.SB2PreviousVeltction: Thomas (L) 13,207, Stewart (U)'-1-1,652, , Dudley-.,:;'-"..' <-- ' • ■-< . '."' - Majofcßosoawen (U) .'.. ■;.- VS26O v A. G;:-Hooper (L),,.. ;..>..;:'7900 Previous flection :;Hooper([/)BB']2, Bi'scawea (lij'SlfS/ --. ,:; •'■The latest returns give the;main parties the -'following, support: Government .., 184 Unionist'... ..;...''.....;. -.. : . l ? -3 . Received Dec; 9, at 12.18 a.m. :.;>. - London, Dec. 8. Portsmouth—- • Lord Charles Heresford ... 13,125, Falle .......... Hemmerde ...... .....;/.. .13,14fi ; Harbin : ../ ••>,-» -••:; l> } . oi3 Melton-;: r;.::; r.' :; :','.>; v^. aO . Cate:(U) :,. ... '■.... ■."■'-•■-i:^-

Popla'iir-i--; ■■:-{, fyiffyyS ■'-•' ■ ':■ BiixWtL}lii^.. ... ~.. \' ;3'177: •: ; "■'. Bartlett (U)'^,:;.;,.;;... ..; r2l-18: St.. George's, Hanover, Square-- ■: '.■ ■■^Lyttelton : (ti-):.:T.;^. : i -.... '.V.- •'■- : f's.B« ; ■,: Cell■■ (i#)V-.";:.-. :,':'„; ;5i : ■:...'■•;;. Mill End- .■ ': ;:.. .!/ v .:'.' Lawson- •;.V'.m'-'.ii-'»'-'-^''*"' Slaueh ~, ..;.,. ..;,;....;... 2176: ;.' The .following is' the state; v# ■ -parties;:%: ~'.; ; - (-; : :.-v^j:;i -Goveroment.-- '—' : ' England ~„'„-, „,;,.,..;....; 120 ". '■.: Scotland.-...., Wales : '... ./. \<c... ■■:.. ■".»' H; ;;-,•. •:-,':, ;■.-■ --Jrelantl.-- ';y : ; v '■', -■'• : ; i Rednjpindifceß -•■ .... ~.''':;/ r i/ ■'* ;■': ■ ■ O'Brienileß ..'.:..';'......'... 4,: .. : —Unidnistß"' •■■ - ; .•.„•"■ :^: : .;i. '•:..'. .156, ; ': Scotland '..'. ....'..-'.;.'....... 3 :.'.■ Wales ... ... „"."-va -;..--.» 1-; : Ireland ... .......■•• . 9 '. Received Pec. 9, at 1.5 a.m. :■.■_.., v.!.' .liondon, Dec.'B.' ■. Pfietties'i majority >t tirantham was 33 and Furncss' <IS. Sixty-seven Unionists, 31 Liberals and Laborites'andj 31 ' were re-" ■ turned 'unopposed. .."

Revived Dec. 9, at 12.35 a.m. London, .Deo, B.' The pollings, beretofore were 78.88 per centum of the electorates compared with 87.67 for the same 3eats in.January. : : K The changes, are lergely (attributable to personal" factors.' At Sunderland it was due to the boilerma'cers' lock-out, and stories of the absence of solid' Irish . votes, also that a thousand unemployed electors . .were seeking.work in other parts of the counitry."'. There wie]re little-ohaages at Birmingham and elsewhere. The Liberal majorities are often reduced,- and there was. a •• general reduction) of their majorities in Scotland. ' .' Mr Sylvester Home and Albert Spicer were re-elected for Htdley and Jarrow. ■ ' ■ , ~, ' Yesterday ii. was declared that the Unionists had won more Beats in Lancashire'than in any other part of the Kingdom.- • ,- Mr O'Laughton, Earl Dudleys a?ent, at Dudley, warmly defended Earl Dudley, who was charged with identifying himself with' Mr Red' mond'si policy. Earl Dudley always favored a general measure of devolution, but it was at variance with fact that ho identified himself _ with the Parnell edition of Home Rule, which would lead to civil, war between North and South, Mr Haldanc, at East Lothian, said he was against an independent Parliament in Ireland. The Imperial Parliament must be supreme, and by an act exercise a-veto:on Irish legislation. ' ' Mr Asquith, at Newport, East Fife said if returned the Liberals would grant Ireland a measure of Home Rule, in accordance with the general character outlined in his Albert Hall speech. ...'■'