BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16607, 3 December 1919, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

LA BY-ELECTION. By Telegraph—Press Assn.— Copyright. LONDON, Nov, 28. The by-election for the Thanet seat resulted:—The Hon. B. (Coalition Unionist) 9711, lUst <ooß. ' Mr West, the defeated candidate at Thanet, stood in the Liberal interest The election was held as a result of the resignation of Commander Ciaig. [At the general elections Commander Norman Craig, who resigned a few weeks ago, was elected unopposed. Ho was a Coalition-Unionist.] LADY ASTOU, M.P. LONDON, Dee. 1. Lady Astor, interviewed after her election victory, said that a new’ spirit of citizenship was struggling to the surface. That spirit was necessary tor reconstruction. War profiteers and Bolsheviks, if they had their way, would make the country not a home tor heroes, but a den of thieves. MR. ASQUITH’S CRITICISM. LONDON Nov. 28. Mr. H. H. Asquith, speaking at Bir--1 mingham, criticised the Coalition Government for allowing binn Lein to become the dominant factor in Irish national life. He said, that the AntiDumping Bill was unpopular. Even tariff reformers regarded it as pernicious. Mr. Asquith described the British as the arch-dumpers of the world, and added that if wo penalised dumpers we would suffer most. He condemned premium bonds, which would bo a failure.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A MEMBER RETIRES. LONDON, Deo. 1. Mr. Christopher Lowther, a member of the House of Commons, has resigned, as he disagrees with the Government continually pandering to Labour, and also because of the appalling waste.—Router Service.