BRITISH POLITICS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20701, 26 April 1929, Page 11

BRITISH POLITICS

THE CONSERVATIVE POLICY. VALUE OP STABLE GOVERNMENT. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) 1 LONDON, April 23. Mr Baldwin will broadcast throughout the nation an amplification of his Drury Lane speech. He stresses that the general election in Great Britain affects the whole world, as the Empire includes a quarter of the earth’s population, totalling 460,000,000, of every colour, race, creed, kind, and degree of civilisation. The welfare aad peace of these peoples depend on the maintenance of a stable Government acd wise statesmanship’ in Britain. “It is a tremendous thought,” Mr Baldwin said, “ but it Is our responsibility. We in Britain are indeed a people to whom peace is essential, living on nothing but the trade of the world at large.—Australian Press Association— United Service. • ELECTION DAT, NO PUBLIC HOLIDAY. ' ~ LONDON, April 23. In answer to a question in the House of Commons, Mr Winston Churchill said that it was not proposed to make election day a public holiday, the enforcement of which would he' most complicated, as payment of wages would not be obligatory. It had never been done before, and it was not proposed to set a precedent.—Australian Press Association. f THE CAMPAIGN BEGUN. USE OF GRAMOPHONES AND WIRELESS. LONDON, April 25. (Received April 26, at 0’.15 a.m.) With Mr Baldwin’s announcement of the date of the general election, the campaign may be said to have begun. It is difficult to realise that within sis weeks a new Parliament will have been elected and the answer given to the .riddle of the year. Hoardings throughout the country are already plastered with huge posters. The gramophone, as well as wireless, promises to figure /largely. Each.party has made double-sided records containing statements by the leaders, Mr Baldwin, Mr Lloyd George, Mr Ramsay MacDonald, and their supporters. Some candidates are making records especially f°r their own constituencies. Thus politics enter the home to an unprecedented extent. Altogether, 60 members of the House of_ Commons have intimated that they will not seek re-election for various reasons.—Australian Press Association.