LABOUR FAVOURITES IN TODAY'S VOTING
Morrison expects a solid majority CONSERVATIVES CONFIDENT"
LONDON, FEBRUARY 21
BETTING ODDS ON THURSDAY'S... GENERAL-ELECTION HELD STEADY TODAY WITH THE LABOUR PARTY "THE. 4.5 FAVOURITE AND 6-5′ OFFERED AGAINST WINSTON CHURCHILL'S CONSERVATIVES.
The Air Ministry today forecast dull and rather cold weather with rain in
many parts of the country for Thursday,
That is what the Labour Party calls Conidrvätive weather. The theory is
that more Labour votors will stay at home it it rains
pens because fewer of them have cars. The weather is expected to improve" during "Thurs- day, however, helping Labour's chances. Most working, men voto, "in the evening after finishing their jobs.
The Imecast: Scotland and the tuft of hair was standing up Northern Ivland, fair. Dul) and very well. rather cold with rain at tinies in many parts of England at
of
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1980.
Princess Elizabeth
rumour
How Britons will register. votes
London, February 21. By the simple ac 4. A Buckingham ** Psikoe spokesman who wis naked to- day about A rumour that Princess Elizabeth-Ya-expectv“. ing a baby la August, told a reporter!"
"have abablutity" na in- formation either to support or to negative such reports, just do not know anything about it."
The heiress presumptive to the throne haď hår first child, Prince Charles, In November; 1948-Alogisted''Prem:
day when, with a gesture of ing cone wall and indignation in contempt, the British Hallon will spit the Sociallat trash and jargon
out of their mouths 'for ever,"
Mr. Churchill asserted that the Socialist Party had spread about more falsehoods, than' he
coull ever recollect..
He declared, however, that apart from one lapse in good taste and manners committed: by Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the
London, February, 21. placing a cross on a voting poperineally}" 34,500,000" British, voters on Thursday will be entitled to oparata...ona_of. the world's most uncomplicated voting sys- tems to decide the complex issues of Britain's second post-war General, Election. Proportional representation, double voting, pre- ferential votes, are all foreign to the British system. It now provides only that one voter may vote for one candidate.
Plural voting previously, This contains no clue to his allowed on the business register identity, If he signs it," or" in and to graduates who" selected any other way destroys the so- candidates to represent their creep of the ballot, his vote is in- univerfitled, was aböllslied validated. 1948 by the Representation of the People Act.
case or later action' to dis-
pute the election result," a coun tortóll to his ballat paper la re The voting right is constitu-fers to his name on the electora tatned with a number which To tionally, guaranteed; the right not roll. Stridigent legal precautions to vote is maintained despite are taken to ensure that this res numerous moves to make voting ference to the voter's identity compulsory, and to p
and the ballot is sec- leads to no departure from
of no- separately, can only be broughts constitutional guarantee
The counterfoils, kept into comparison with the ballot papers by court, order and under court "supervision; and, after 12 months, both are destroyed. *.
ref
21 years have the vote unless they Men and women over the age of are certified lunatics, prisoners other,
thon Short term" pristnere, or members of the Royal Family
| Exchequer, it had been one of theor Royal Dukes.
most well-conducted" contests · lie Royalty could vote-there is no had witnessed.
A Britlagetted!!!
Secret voto
the
areas until well into the even-He called. Journalists represent-paked how many people were bids, sald' in a speech at Nothing" cides" on which aktaraf tall his sons: bra present in the spoting,
of the
constitutional bat but by tradi tion Royalty abstains and Royal Mr. Churchill was apparently Dukes also fefrain from voting for
Hib right to vote established rather irresponsible. Intervention referring to Sir Stafford's charge commoners. Princess Mirgaret, by reference to the sol in a field where the gituation is on February 17 that the Consor minor, would in any case be
voter goes into a screened, booth, vative lender and sunk to the votaless undoubtedly, dimcult, Necessity of planning
maries the name of the eandidate He added that, the Labour level of guttersnipe polities and Despild the simplicity of the Sucking at a pipe, his Cytr
Party would
never lose fast. The weather will improve gleaming through, his spectacies, chance of healing any
any Was Indulging in bluster and Ir system and the clarity of written favours with: a cross," and In-
paper into the responsible vulgority,"
Liv and traditional practici Berts his ballot
sealed ballot box, steadily from the West during the leader of the Inst Labour
many British voters refrain from Inter-
Policemen stand by to see that, Lord the day. The improvement llouse of Commons spoke in his bretches that existed in
Salisbury, Conservative going to.. uational relatione,
secrecy is observed domielle de
.and. that Party leader in the Housh"of Enstern usual homely, Cockney may not reach some
mnaner.Asked
none other than authorised
per
Press ng the
part in the cumpalan on him tohight that in, five years of natae appears" and "It" appeare world,
behalf of Labour, Mr.Mortison
butomatically if he has All the Party leaders were to-chan poke of thier he took his pipe out of his thout working through the United ald Nations the British Government
£11 Jag busy winding up the Election hud encountered
threw his head back and said,
ways, ut his current [ad- har got nowhere. mpaign in their various
Ipaign as "those fo
"Heaven knows".
for some time beford the It was the last Labour Party ricts.
Mr. Morgun Phillips, Labour
the roll If he sub Press conference before the Elec- Touring his Walthamstow con-
was with
Changes his address he be known, Some Party Secretary, who, tituency in Northern London, the ton results
Minister, Prime
Mr. Clement of the correspondents low tie him, answered, "Anybody whe
or by Affee, toki a meeting to look at Me, Morrison to say more than gave the figures would be zues
cuff arrange with his “Eilfning proxy from entwhere, economic effects in he wanted to, but he is much too sing, but it would not be far short
nicer to vote by post
But many people "still contrive of a million".
allegiance, ermany when they rejected the old a hand at the game for that.
to lose their opportunities to ve
plays such a large 'part in" - the Labour policy of control.
sister and of those who register British
election campaigning, the Questioned on
meny thqushnds Tail''to' exéfelso CRES
names only are bomb, Mr. Allice said
on the ballot papers, In the young"privilege. ld be dealt with
alphabetical order. proposals
the grave
Allled
ре
cils-
the eat-
cun-
He therefore found the Gov ement's opposition to the winston Churchill plan for a new nach to Russia rather shock
ing.
Of the 100 Communist
Lord Salisbury said he agreed his conclusion He said
didates in the Electlan, Mr. Mor-with Mr. Attice and Mr. Sevid that Britain
is now genuinely
prophesies, "They will gettiat Britain must co-operite for TIBON coming to realise the necessity
a few votes. A very small pro peice through the United Nationa of orderly, and gentible the
plan. ning of economic matters. The portion if ang-wil be elected and the AllArtic Pact.
the very high proportion will lone people had finished with days when it was sumed that their deposits"
hydrogen that it
under
could
for atomic con- rol if the Russians only
induced to join in.
Lord Woolton, Chairman of the
Conservative Party, sald ut Loughborough (Leicestershire)
Parliament, Government And community should not inter. fero, in economics, but them to 70 alone AS pleased.
And the Liberals?
Scots, Poors
"But surely that does not rule out the possibility or other ap "I can't see them doing much,"proaches with the sume object," ald Mr. Morrison, giving the the saf Pay, famous tuft of hair a pat which The truth is that we have go
they made it stand up in somethiör Labour on the run. They have got the Jitters. They do not know
He believed that the Lapolir like the old aggressive manner. Whether they are
Government, with its planning, coming or
He succeeded, but I believe that they are and controls, had going.
thought "the country would not going."
chief wish to see that protest inter Labour siratogist, addressing 200 rupted and everything achieved
porters in London, said, "I feel scattered to the winds. hat the mood of the country is He had found":
bat there with us. It looks good, feels good
ceptions when and smells good",
ganised, disturbances to prevent Labour speakers being heard That was quite different from legitimate" heckling.
Mr. Herbert Morrison,
Attlee" on Russia.
The Peers of Scotland, as When the Prime Minister, Gembled in Edinburgh's ancient Mr. Clement Attlee, arrived at Holyrood Palace, today discharged an Election "meeting in London their part in the General Election tonight man "In the audience by appointing 16 of their fellows Bald that Rusku nad put" for- to sit in the House of Lord in ward' nine proposals" for déálfríg the next Parliament. with the atom bomb cx ord Mr. Attiée Tepiled, yes, but
everyone else accepted
proposals that Asked about the money spent on armaments Mr. Attled sald,
were order-1
some were
the
..
Scots Peers have, not had the
1dcft registered
Voters Japsa
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Returning officers complain that on election. day they have many would-be volets who ar rive at the "polling“ stations
If any question of the voting; cast a vote without appreciating rights of those who voted arises, that they must first have been the ballat papers, conterfolls, and can be checked on the rolls be but only under court. protection registered so that their names electoral rolls may be checked, fore they are diven ballot papers, and supervision.
For
Count of this year's Election: this year's election 34,500,000
loctors: re rodle; | will be simplified by a reduction tored despite apparent th terest in the, efecto, if will fall to vote. In 1837, 1939, and again last evening of February 23 from the right to sit in the House of Lords, year, efforts, were mides they boroughs, or town districts,
but but the right to plect 18 of their had been made carlier and wift the fan reports of the elettors' A stalemate?.
moke
Brlich voting judgment will be deferred. members to represent them in
.::..untu Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign
the Upper Chamber,
"for Secretary in the wartime Conli
countries, or Appealing to Labour workers to "Ohe reason is that while we Only Peers
country obs the same trigte, have been checked faced (Staffordshire),
Tra avelling
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as ousy to stand for election of ur people everywhere in wonder to make an Intrükive attempt to inct with constant opposition, the election to alt in the House of
French elections, abstentions to vote. A candidate requires ul heart. We must keep up the get Labour voters to the poll. Use of the veto dild reckless aels Lards.
have totalled-30, 40, even 50 per only 10 people to nominate him Morrison commented, "Much pressure and do our utmost to see
The Foreign Secretary M
The third raid on a political cent of the registered number of and £10 10 deposit un ovidence hit-our-ration and Empire are spune si la political party Erried; Revit en far for five Erection
successful in guided along the
full patch Stingimine Kont Election, camping to present the first World Walgum line of sincere intentions-Reiter.
he did
took place War, penalties strength on Thursday."
overnight at the Conservative for non-voters have persuaded eventual settlement with Russia, Party headquarters, Westminster, all but two per cent of electora Harmful effect : "The day 'will' come-1" do_not
to cast their votes of Churchill
Australia has
compulsory world which asks us as
However, it is believed to have. ivoting; too
1925 when quence of another Election this Mr. Winston Churchill's atom of when the other pofiton London.
bomb spodeli in which He urged the p
"price" of pence to accept, the
no political" sign(flence..
Voting Was One Is generally believed that an approach chi the highest level Communist theory, will find
Federal The raider got into the
per cent of Australinearly00 acolectors th
Atigr only a governinent with a strong to Russlo-Soon, cropped up 'at why in which the two great ways counts departments But', nothing then t
of life can be made to work, to-
Ins Morrison was asked what sether, he said.","
Ateammer, mte CORDICK wering in the prifer durhave been striving to build up
a kingdom have the "right" with all in February 24,,, when results from
Political observers do not exclude the possibility that. Election may produce a stalp mate, with the political comE="
year.
mandale to enforce its decisions the Brets conference. Fould lead Britain's economic re-
overy,
Both Labour and Conservative (atas)
It had had on the'élector
"It may have done the Consei
answered
enders have said that they calvitives : "harm",
Mr. At hot see anything but an emer-
ency like war bringing together Morrison at once. "It has given ston Cu
the Impression that It was
eft and Right in a conliligain?
Assuming that the
BES
ives draw approximately level. with the Government at about 100 seats apiece, it is thought possible that Mr. Afflce might 14?
ccept the Invitation to
form n
A
hew Governmeni and as one of he first acts udvise the King to dissolve Parliament for a fresh Election.
>
Floating vote"
It is everywhere accepted that he Conservatives will take a cons iderable part of the floating vote
rom Labour. It is also recognised hat
this Election many Liberals who in 1945 voted in
abodz "or Conservative ole for' their own' Party,
either
A possibly dete
determining factor the contest will be 'the extent. b. which Labour can recOUP FER- ected losses in residential and ndustrial areas by gains in ultural parts of the,
Mr. Herbert Morruntry
on, Lalimur
in agris.
Party "boss", told journalist to
ay, "Election signs are that there'
til be a victory for Labour, a
"My impression is that the vote
f the workers will be even more olid. than it was. In":1945 ...! (lho)
ast Election). They have seen the dvantages of Labgus kule in res
eet of unemploy
t
gricultural areas:
ot for
boups
Mr. Mot
A
present
Mr. Churchill's
confidente-
been
ofan
Wanstead Estek Mr. Win füll saa ii fin- Election "look" forward to Third
of the
was missing..
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The first
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and
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the
D1. per cent in 1925 per cent
In
1988 properly registered British
goes
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