NOMINATION DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22721, 6 November 1935, Page 9

NOMINATION DAY

THE BRITISH ELECTIONS FEW SEATS UNCONTESTED (British Official Wireless) (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) RUGBY, November 4. To-day was nomination day for the general election. About 1315 candidates were nominated for the 615 seats of which total 582 are supporters of the National Government, including 512 Conservatives, 44 National Liberals, 20 National Labourites, and six others. The unopposed returns, numbering 38 : include the Prime Minister and ihe President of the Board of Trade (Mr Runciman). As a result of the unopposed returns the state of parties in the new House of Commons to date, is: Conservative 22, National Liberal 3, and Labour 13. WOMEN CANDIDATES LONDON, November 4. ' Those elected unopposed include Sir Alan Anderson (City of London) .and .13 Labourites, representing mainly Welsh constituencies, for which they either had Targe majorities or were unopposed'in 1931. Sir Ronald Ross (Conservative for Londonderry) , was unexpectedly returned unopposed owing to the breakdown of a motor car causing his intended Republican opponent to arrive breathless when nominations had just closed. Labour candidates total 552 and Liberals 154., Major Attlee (Limehouse) and Mr Lloyd George (Carnarvon) have Conservative opponents. Sir Herbert Samuel (Darweu) is opposed by a Conservative and a, Labourite woman candidate, and Mr Winston Churchill (Epping) by a Literal'arid a Labourite. Women candidates total 65. Two women are involved in a straight fight at Wallsend— Miss Irene Ward (Conservative) and Miss \Margaret Bondfield, formerly Minister of- Labour in the Labour Government.

Mr Greenwood, broadcasting, denied that the Labourites had split. He said on the contrary members of the Government Party were disrupted. Mr Baldwin and Captain Eden were talking peace while Mr Churchill, the " National swashbuckler number one," aimed at an Empire armed■; to the teeth; Mr L." S. Amery led a group eager to retire to Coward's Castle. Mr Malcolm MacDonald was howled down at Worksop and denied a hearing, although he faced for an hour a. crowd shouting "Traitor" and singing the "Red Flag." . /j . BASELESS STORIES EXPOSED (British Official Wireless) -\ RUGBY, November 4. . In a speech, Sir Samuel Hoare referred to the false statements in circulation regarding the foreign policy of the Government, which he attributed to electioneerjng tactics. He had, he said, already exposed three baseless stories— l namely, a story that the British Government had left the Italians in doubt as to its attitude; :v story that he and Captain Eden were not'.at one in their attitude to the League; and a story that there was sinister motive behind his visit to Geneva. Nr.-jv there was a fourth story with which he must deal, to the effect that was .plotting to destroy the League as soon as the election was over, and to go back to alliances, and that it favoured a reformed League, which would not- be an- instrument for preventing or ending war by collective action against an aggressor. "I say wjjtlr great deliberation that there is not a. word of truth in these Cabinet has considered no plan of League reform. • It is„ not sounding foreign na tions on the subject. As to the fantastic suggestion that we are determined to deprive the League of its coercive power, what better answer v-ould there be than that Captain Eden and I have been doing our utmost to strengthen the hands of' the League and make its collective action really successful?". '• ' vV.7j-;,7-> : . '.■" ,