ENGLAND.

New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume III, 1 October 1900, Page 81

ENGLAND.

Election speeches are the order of the dayjust now, and never before were they listened to with more fervour and enthusiasm than at the present moment. Recent stirring events have given the orators excellent matter out of which to furnish speeches which could not fail to stir to the utmost the heart of the true-born Britisher. A thorough re-organization of the War Office is one of the promised reforms which will do much to swell the number of Government supporters and disarm opposition. The appointment of Lord Clarendon as the successor to Lord Hopetoun as Lord Chamberlain appears to meet with general approbation, as he is a man whose wellknown abilities should certainly eminently fit him for the position. Voting by machinery is a new idea which promises to relieve the pressure and annoyance at polling booths. Mr. W. H. Howe is experimenting with his " Eureka " vote recorder. A quarter turn of a turnstile and, hey presto, you are in a secret chamber. Nobs under candidates' names confront you. Pull out your pet candidate's. In doing so you lock the undesirable ones and set the turnstile going. Out you go, the action of the stile recording your vote on a printing machine, and the thing's done in one act. All probable , ; and improbable contingencies are provided for. by this ingenious and complex machine. The obstinate elector who wants more time can't have it. He is simply chucked out.

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