GENERAL ELECTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13084, 25 January 1906, Page 5

GENERAL ELECTION.

LATEST KETCRNS. By Telegraph —Press Association.—Copyright. (Received January 24, 10 p.m.) London, January 24. The state of parties at a late hour last night was as follows:... Liberals 285 Labour ... ... ... 44 Irish Nationalists ... 77 Unionists 123 Total seats filled ... 520 The total number of members of the House of Commons is 670, of whom England' returns 465, Scotland 72, Wales 50, and Ireland 103. The polling will be completed to-day. ROMFORD ELECTORATE. London, January 23. The electors of Romford have doubled in number since 1900. The registered electors of Romford in. 1900 numbered 29,316, and at the end of 1904 41,759. LIBERAL GAINS. Cornwall, Bodmin Division: Mr. Robertes. j [Voting in 1900: Sir L. W. Moles worth (Unionist), 4280: Mr. Snape (Liberal), 3248.] Essex, South-eastern Division: Mr. R. Whitehead. [Voting in 1900: Colonel Tufnell (Conservative), 5815; Mr. Whitehead, 4461.J Herefordshire, Ross Division : Mr. Gardner. [In 1900 Captain Clive (Conservative) was returned unopposed.]

Oxfordshire, Henley Division : Mr. Morell.

[Voting in 1900: Mr. Hennon-Hodge (conservative), 3622; Sir. H. Samuel (Liberal), 3450.]

Essex, Harwich Division: Mr. A. Levy Lever.

In 1900 the Right Hon. Jas. Bound (Conservative) was returned unopposed.

, Lancashire, Heywood Division: Mr. E. H. Holden.

Voting in 1900: Captain G. Kemp (Conservative), 4657; Mr. Holden, 4431.

Middlesex, Tottenham Division: Mr. Alden. Voting in 1900: Mr. Havard (Conservative), 6721; Mr. E. G. H. Morgan v Libcral), 4009.

LIBERALS RE-ELECTED.

Pembrokeshire : Philipps.

Mr. J. W.

Monmouthshire North: Mr. McKenna.

Nottingham, Rashcliffe Division : Mr. J. E. Ellis.

Lanarkshire, Mid. Division : Mr. J. Caldwell.

Leicestershire, Loughborough Division : Mr. Maurice Levy. t Devonshire, Torquay Division .* Mr. Layland-Barratt.

Norfolk East: Mr. R. J. Price. Somerset, Frome Division: Mr. Barlow.

UNIONISTS RE-ELECTED.

Antrim, Mid: Hon. R. T. O'Neill. Lancashire, Ormskirk Division: Hon. Arthur Stanley.

Staffordshire, Handsworth Division: Sir H. Meysey-Thompson.

Surrey, Kingston Division: Mr. Cave , (in place of Alderman Cox).

Sussex, Lewes Division: Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher.

Worcester, East: Mr. Austen Chamberlain (10,129) Mr. Morgan, Liberal (5763).

UNIONIST GAIN.

Lanarkshire, North-west Division: Mr. W. Thomson. Voting in 1900: Mr. C. M. Douglas (Liberal), 5505: Mr. Edmunds (Unionist), 5214. 1 LABOUR MEMBER. Lancashire, Newton Division: Mr. Seddon. THE CHINESE LABOUR QUESTION. (Received January 24, 10 p.m.) London, January 24. The Minister for War (Mr. Haldane) speaking at Drem, in Haddingtonshire yesterday, said he had never been" an extreme opponent of Chinese labour for the Rand. He added, " If the people of the Transvaal wish to retain the Chinese, we will wash our hands of the affair." CORNISH MINERS AND SOCIALISM. SOCIALIST MEMBER ATTACKED. (Received January 24, 10 p.m.) London, January 24. Mr. Thorne, the newly-elected Socialist member for West Ham, South Division, attended a meeting held yesterday in support of a Socialist candidate for the Camborne Division of Cornwall. The people in the meeting, mostly miners, refused him a hearing, and attacking him, mauled him seriously. BOERS AND LIBERALS. Capetown, January 23. Mr. Hertzog, a Boer leader, addressing a meeting in support of self-government, held at Bethulie, in Orange Colony, said: "We (the Boers) must agitate, and declare our grievances, especially in regard to the matter of compensation. Then we shall soon know whether the new Government are our friends or foes.' NEW UNIONIST LEADER. London, January 2:3. It has been arranged that Mr. Akers Douglas, Home Secretary in Mr. Balfour's Ministry, shall lead the Unionist party in the House of Commons until. Mr. Balfour has < found a seat.

A CASE OF "ASININE STUPIDITY." (Received January 24, 11.35 p.m.) London, January 24. Mr. Michael Davitt, in a remarkable letter to the Freeman's Journal, says he rejoices at the approaching secularisation of the Catholic schools in England, and that the act of the Irish bishops in instigating Mr. Redmond to assist Mr. Balfour to enact the Education Act of 1902 was " asinine stupidity." The result of this blunder was that the triumphant Radical majority was pledged to secularise the schools in England, and not pledged to provide Home Rule for Ireland.