THE CHANCELLOR'S THREAT.
SENDING BILLS DIRECT TO THE KINGV ! ;:■; (deceived January 20, 8.5 am ) LONfiON, January 19. Mr Lloyd-George, m a speech, de-. dared that it must, be made perfectly dear that if the House of Lords rejected a Bill sent up a second time it wbuld be sent straight through to the throne. '■■ (Received January 20, 9.35 a.m ) . LO'NDQN.. January ,19. At Air Lloyd-George's meeting at Newtown 1388 Montgomery Hill, old age pea-i Lionel's mounted the platform and ex-; .pressed -gratitude for the benefits coni'eiTed. • Mr Haldane is recovering from his illness, but\ is stiil unable .to engage m election work., '• . Members of ihe'TaTiff Reform Workers'* League chartered, a/ number of" motor busses, and-'^re perambulating the country district??' with specimens of dumped goods. '...•;. ':- .'..'' ' : Unionist : papers, contain cablegrams showing the anxiety of Berlin, and Hamburg merchants respecting ; tariff refornV, which' it' was expectfcd would change tlie conditions of .German trade. Other paper/* rejoice that the prospect of freetrade is undisturbed. . One paper expresses delight at/Mr Chiozza. -Moneys defeat; a&dingY "His- references to black bread and sausages made him the laughing stock of Germany." t STATE 1 OF PARTIES. The present stale of ''-parties is as follows:— -r "'." •'. :." Liberals ... .... . .„ 129 Unionists f .... ... ... 124- -' Nationalists .„ ... 28 • .Labor „,'■ . > . . . ..y >.. 21 1 . GAINS AND LOSSES. Unionist gains^ ; From Liberals ... ; .'.. 46 From Labor ... ... '7 Liberal gains — ■ From Unionists ... ... 6 ' v Frojii, Jjritor . .:. ... 2 Labor -gains— " . From) Liberals ..1 ... x 2 From Uniotusts ... ... x 1 . THE GENERAL 'ELECTION. -. The voters \y ho can go to the poll at the coming general election number about 7,600,000. At the 1906 election 3,394,346 voted for the Liberal and Labor candidates and 2,5.57,928 for \ the Unionists, giving; a Liberal and Labor majority of 835,418 voters. The , majorities at l^st' six' general elections, adds the Year-Book, have been as follows :— • • . ") ■ . 1885.— Liberal ... ... ... 172 1886.— Unionist ... 116 1892.— Liberal : ... 40--1895.—Unionist .... 152' , 1900.— Unionist ... 134 ( . 1906*.— Liberal ........... 354
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12650, 20 January 1910, Page 5
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315THE CHANCELLOR'S THREAT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12650, 20 January 1910, Page 5
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