BRITISH POLITICS.
LONDON, August 19. At the election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr W. Johnston, Conservative member for South Belfast, Mr Sloan, the Protestant Association candidate, and an opponent , of tho Education Bill, polled 3795 votes, and Mr Dunbar Buller, a Unionist, 2969. ' -
The workers generally supported Mr Sloan, and the landlords Mr Buller.
LONDON, August 20. The by-election for the Sevenoaks division of Kent, neco.ssafy owing to the appointment of Air H. W. Forster as Junior Lord of the Treasury, is being sharply contested.
The Education Bill is the principal subject before the electors. T }«o Prime Minister (Right Hon A. J. Balfour) in letters to Mr Forster, points out that under tin; Bill the avliolc question of secular education is now being transferred to the control of a popularlyelected body, the system of one-man management disappearing. On the other hand, Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman (leader of the Opposition), in a letter to tho Liberal candidate, Mr Moricc, states that the Bill infringes the rigiits of conscience, and this gives it a taint Avhich is fatal to its efficiency.
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New Zealand Mail, 27 August 1902, Page 45
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