FACING CENSURE MOTION.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18617, 12 July 1930, Page 17

FACING CENSURE MOTION.

Mr Macdonald’s Promise. PROBLEM OF BRITAIN’S IDLE HOSTS. United Press Association— By Electric Tel egr aph—Cop yri gh t (Received July 11, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 10. In the House of Commons, Mr Ramsay Macdonald announced that Mr Baldwin’s Empire trade censure motion would be discussed on July 16. ALL PARTIES PERTURBED. TEXT OF AMENDMENTS. The motion, of which Mr Baldwin gave notice, read:—“This House, believing that a return to prosperity can best be promoted by safeguarding the Home markets against unfair foreign competition, and by the expansion of the exports market by reciprocal trade agreements with the Empire overseas, regrets that the Government have reversed instead of extending safeguarding, and have arbitrarily excluded the House from considering the imposition of duties on foreign foodstuffs, devised to obtain equivalent advantages for British manufacturers and agriculture, in Empire markets and elsewhere.”

A number of Labour left-wingers have tabled an amendment to the Conservative motion of censure. They include Mr E. F. Wise, Mr J. Beckett, Mr J. Macgovem, Mr Oliver Baldwin and Miss Jenny Lee.

Their amendment declares that neither Free Trade nor Protection is the remedy for unemployment, and asks the Government to rescue British agriculture from ruin by the following means:— (1) To establish import boards for the principal foodstuffs and raw materials, which will enable a guarantee to be given of remunerative prices to British agriculturists for their produce, in order to avoid the disastrous effects of speculation and dumping. (2) To build up British exports by reciprocal arrangements in connection with bulk contracts. (3) To reorganise on national lines the importing and exporting machinery of staple trades, in order to deal with unfair competition.

BRITAIN’S IDLE HOSTS. | HIGHEST POINT IN 1921. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright (Received July 11, 7.30 pm.) LONDON, July 10. In the House of Commons, Miss Margaret Bondfield (Minister of Labour), in answer to a question, said the highest point of unemployment had been reached in June, 1921, when 2,580,429 were out of work.

(A cable message from London, published on Thursday, announced that the unemployed are nearing the two million mark. The latest total Is 1,890,600 for the week ending June 30 —an increase of 75,258, compared with the previous week.) FIGHT IN THE ELECTORATES. BIG INCREASE IN CONSERVATIVE VOTE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright . LONDON, July 10. The Norfolk by-election, the result of Mr Noel Buxton’s elevation to the peerage, resulted:— Votes. Lady Noel Buxton (Labour) .. 14,841 Mr T. Cook (Conservative) .. 14,642 Lady Buxton Is the wife of a former Labour member, who, at the last election, won the Norfolk seat In a threecornered contest In which the Liberal candidate polled over 3000. The main issue at the election was the Empire Free Trade policy, which was strongly advocated by Lord Beaverbrook, who addressed a large number of meetings In support of the Conservative candidate. Compared with the figures of last election, there was an increase of nearly 2000 in the Conservative vote, and of 300 in the Labour vote.

Lord Buxton, Minister of Agriculture, who was created a peer in the Birthday honours, at the last election won the North Norfolk seat for Labour with 14,544 votes. Mr T. R. A. M. Cook, Conservative, polled votes, and Mrs C. F. Hoffman, Liberal, 3403 votes.