BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7937, 10 January 1906, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

HOME 11ULE. A NOTEWORTHY OMISSION. ADVICE TO NONCONFORMISTS. Received January 0, 5.26 a.m. LONDON, January 8. Sir Henry Campbell-Banuerraan's address does not mention Home Rule. Received January 9, 9.10 a.m. Sir G. 11. Chubb, President of the Nonconformist Unionist Association, urges the members of that body to vote against every Radical unless be declares Home Rule to bo as dead as a doornail. ARE THEY PLEDGED? Received January 9, 11.16 p.m. DUBLIN, January 9. Mr William Redmond declares that Sir Henry Campbeil-Bannermau and his colleagues. are pledged to Home Rule. NOT ALTOGETHER DEFINITE. Received January 9, 9.27 p.m. LJNDON, January 9. Mr Sydney C. Buxton, Postmas-ter-General, wpeakiug at Poplar, declared: "I will not sunporc Home Rule in the coming Parliament, though f will not say that I will vote against it." A PREFERENCE ADVOCATE. Received January 9, 9.24 a.m. LONDON, Januaiy 9 . Mr Allen Stoneham, Unionist candidate for the Bosworth division of Leicester, and who was previously connected with mining in West Australia, has received cablegrams conveying good wishes from Mr Deauin, the Federal* Premier, and from some Westralian Ministers, in cot.seqnence of his strenuous advooacy of fiscal preference. PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. Received January 9, 11.16 p.m. LONDON, January 9. Parliament has beeu dissolved. It will re-assemble on February 13. The first pollings will take place in London on the 15th inst.

THE RIGHT WILLIAM LOWTHER, Speaker in the Parliament just dissolved. THE CHINESE QUESTION. A RAND EXPLANATION. Received January 9, 9.43 p.m. CAPETOWN, January 9. Referring to Mr Lloyd-George's accusation of trickery concerning the new coolie contracts, the Rand Chamber of Mines states that the Lieut.-Governor, in the ordinary course, sanctioned permits for 15,100 coolies required up till June next, without reference to the Hon. Alfred Lytteltou. Since December 20, 1250 more applications have been received, but tbey have not yet been granted. "AN AMAZING BLUNDER." ! Received January 9, 9.27 p.m. LONDON, January 9. Mr Jobu Burns, speaking at Derby, characterised Mr Chamberlain's recent statement that there wore now a million able-bodied men in workhouses and infirmaries £as "an amazing blunder." He declared that all tho paupera ouly numbered 747,000, men, women and children, and that there were ouly 7615 able-bodied men in the workhouses of Eagland and Wales. TRADES DISPUTES AND COMPENSATION. Received January 9, 9.27 p.m. LONDON, January 9. The Right Hon. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hpeaking at Huddersfleld, expressed the hope to amend the law relating to trade disputes, and extend workmen's compensation to all industries. A PATTERN OF BREVITY. Received January 9, 8.26 a.m. LONDON, Januarys. The election address of Sir Charles Dilke—who has renresented the For-

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est of Dean division of Gloucestershire since 1892—consists of a single senteuee: "I solicit with confidence a renewal of your trust." A FINE EPITAPH. Received January 9, 9.27 p.m. LONDON, January 9. Lord Lausdowue at Manchester 1 said: "When the Liberals were last in office we were in hot water in many parts of the world, yet Mr Asqrutb, aPer years of Unionist government, recently asked: Where could England's enemies be found?" Lord Lausdowue said be was content to accept that as the epitaph for his political tombstone. He declared that the Liberals never raised the smallest ombaukmeufc to arrest the great tide of protection invading the world. MR MORLEY'S ADDRESS. THE INSINCERITY OF THE UNIONISTS. Received January 9, 9.43 p.m. LONDON, January 9. The Right Hon. John Morloy's address to his constituents declares that the insincerity of the Unionists is manifest since if the Government obtained a majority they would undoubtedly deny that the Liberals had received a mandate for Home Rule. Every vote against the Government meant a vote for the taxation of food, for a protective tariff and for a gigantic dislocation of commerce.