Final Harangues

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 674, 28 May 1929, Page 9

Final Harangues

PARTIES PLEAD FOR SUPPORT

Baldwin Has the Last Say

British Official Wireless Received 10.50 a.m. RUGBY, Monday. TONTGBT, tomorrow and on "Wednesday the Broadcast » Corporation will relay throughout the country the final j appeals of the party leaders for the support of the electorate, ; which goes to the poll on Thursday.

Sir John Simon will speak for the Liberals tonight from London. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, who will be in Newcastle tomorrow night, will have his appeal for Labour broadcast from there, and the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) on the eve of the poll will be relaxed from the Manchester studio.

those policies were carried into effect. Therefore it is not surprising, he says, that the dealings on the London Stock Exchange this week have been restricted.

The political clubs and the large hotels of London have arrangements made for announcing the results at the earliest moment. Meanwhile, although the candidates and their supporters are addressing meetings throughout the country, the general impression is that the contest is the least exciting election within living memory. This is a/tributed by some not to a lack of gtmeral interest but to the influence of the microphone, which by conveying the words of the party leaders direct to the homes of the electors reduces the attendance at the local political meetings. The financial correspondent of the ‘‘Morning Post" says there is little doubt that if the Conservatives obtain a working majority at the election on Thursday very large sums will be released for investment which have been held in suspense pending the result of the poll. A certain amount of money kept in the United States will also return to London. The writer goes on to say that the leaders of the Liberal and Labour parties are pledged to policies which are inimical to sound finance. Even if the country were in robust financial health there would be cause for fear if