BRITISH POLITICS.
BY-ELECTION .NECESSARY. (Received 8, 9.10 a.m.) London, January 7. Mr W. L. Williams, member for Caermarthan, has been appointed Recorder at Swansea, necessitating a by-election. THE INSURANCE ACT. (Received 8, 9.10 a.m.) London, January 7. The “Observer” states that if a deadlock occurs over the Insurance Act, .Mr Lloyd-Goorgo is prepared to drop the contributory element and impose sixpence addition on the income tax and organise a special staff of State doctors. IRISH HOME RULE. (Received 8, 9.10 a.m.) London, January 7. At the groat Anti-Home Rule protest mooting at Omagh, twenty thousand idled the hj\ll. ’The Marquis of Hamilton and Sir E. Carson made rousing speeches against segregation and making threats of violence and resistance to Mr Redmond’s joke. RADICAL CREED BETRAYED. (Received 8, 9.10 a.m.) London, January 7. Mr. Balfour, speaking at Haddington, said the Government had betrayed the ancient radical creed in regard to economy by multiplying public offices uffiolcsale. ,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 21, 8 January 1912, Page 5
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