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(Reuter's Service)
LONDON, October 17. The Labourites National Agent · states that the
Party has over 300 candidates, including 21 women. PREMIER'S " WARM TIME,” Mt. Ramsay MacDonald had a lively passage motoring to-day from Birmingham to Aberavon passing hostile territory at Worcester where he declined to make a speech, saying his voice was gone and he wanted a rest.
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The Premier had a most enthusiastic reception at Newport and Cardiff..." He was unable to speak at Cardiff, owing to voice fallure. He is described as looking worn and ill.
· · ENTHUSIASM AT ABERAVON. There were scenes of the wildest enthusiasm on the arrival of Mr. MacDonald to his constituency Aberavon.to-night. He was greetedby a vast crowdi blocking the approach to the town for several miles.. The Premier looked utterly worn out. He sald he had never been so tired in his life. The crowd was so dense, the car took an hour and a half to proceed three miles; sometimes it was completely help up and even in danger of upsetting. Finally it broke down owing to the surging crowd, after which Mr. MacDonald continued his journey...„in“ motorbus. Several times he made speeches, which delighted the crowd, though his voice was scarcely audible. He said they were going to have a finer, bigger and more decisive victory on his own battlefield than ever.
CONFIDENCE OF BALDWIN, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, on leaving London to-day for Taunton, declared that he was much encouraged by reports-from-all-parts of the country. – He Was confident, provided the Conservatives turned up to vote on polling-day.
The Liberals at Bewdley have decided not to contest the seat, consequently the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin will be rented unopposed. :
TRADE UNION MANIFESTO.
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A Trade Union Congress General Council election manifesto exhorts all trade unionists, to set asida, sectionalism in the great fight for labour. supremacy. The election must be regarded by you as a constitutional rebellion to attempt to crush labour to a state of helplessness and must be resisted."
sted Council of the Trade Union Congress has
vated £1,000 to the Labour Party election publicity. fund. It appeals to the unions to make special grants to the Labour Party fighting fund.
ATTACK. BY · CHURCHÍLL.
Mr. Winston Churchill appeared in the role of Wellington at Queen's Hall, where he vigorously attacked the Labour Government.
MOUNT EVEREST.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT. PROBABLE.
STATEMENT.
T BY EARL RONALDSHAY.
PERMISSION ASKED BROM TIBKT.
(Reuter's Service.)
LONDON, October 17.
At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, the Earl of Ronaldshay announced that the through the Government of India for permission Everest Committee intended to apply Immediately from the Tibetan Government to make another attempt to ascend Mount Everest in 1925.
SINGAPORE BASE
BRITISH POLICY OPPOSED,
VIEWS OF NEW ZEALAND.
(Reuter's Service.)
WELLINGTON, October 17. Speaking in. Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Mr. WF. Massey, the Prime Minister, said the people of Now Zealand, including Parliament, opposed the policy of the British Government with regard to the Singapore base.
Mr. Wilford, leader of the opposition, agreed with Mr. Massey, but Mr. Holland, the Labour, Leader, disagreed.
regard to the Russian Treaty Mr. Massey sald be was strongly of the opinion that the people of New Zealand were even more opposed to the attitude of the British Government thereanent than in regard to the Singapore base (cheers). Mr. Massey urged every effort should be made to bring the countries of the Empire more closely together by a system of Imperial preferenca.
NEW YORK'S BUDGET.
LARGEST ON RECORD.
PROVISION FOR MORE POLICE.
(Reuter's Service.)
NEW YORK, October 17. New York's City Budget for 1925 is fentatively. placed at $400,000,000, the largest on récord.
It includes $2,000,000 for police, giving the city sin additional thousand policemen ; $2,000,000 for street cleaning 791 500,000 towards an increase of salaries for minor oficials and an additional $1,000,000 for the Board of Child Welfare.
He declared the prosperity of the Empire largely depended on the result of the selection. The Socialist administration had been unatterably dull. It had not given evidence of a single Fam original Idea.
The British Socialists were the stupidest fq the world. They borrowed Ideas from Germany and Russia. The Socialist Party, be added, was. undemocratic and an enemy of freedom. Mr. MacDonald, while attacking the capitalist systemi, inconsistently and insincerely embraced the first opportunity of becoming a capitalist, dann d
The Socialists were humbugs at this critical' moment. He said, like Wellington at Waterloo, the whole Hoe will advance.” He bellaved the whole line of Britain would advance together to the now realisation of British national power and fame. Three cheers, were given for Mr. Church]!! as the "New Wellington..
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION.
The number of Candidates selected for nomination has reached 1400. It comprises $3 Conservatives, 7 Constitutionalists, 34 Liberals, 485 Labour' 9: Cooperatives: 8. Communists, 4 Nationale ists and 14 others. There will be about 2to three- cornered contests; nearly sixty less than last year"
RESULTS FORESHADOWED.
At present there are over 1,350 candidates for the election. Probably 43 will be returned unopposed on October 18, includjor. 20 Conse tivo, 8 Liberal, 8 Labour members, Ther bo,203.) straight » dghĩa, between. Consarvative candidates compared to 40 between Labour and Liberal; comp FROASS: and 84 between Conservative and Liberal compared to 106
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MPIRE - EXHIBITION.
NO DECISION REACHED.
WILLINGNESS. OF CANADA.
(Reuter's, Service,)
LONDON, October 17; -
It is officially stated that the report of a definite decision, having been reached to continue the British: Empire Exhibition is inaccurate,
Canada's fotimating her willingness to continue the There has been no further development beyond Canadian Pavilion next year,
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