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Highlights Of The

. British Election

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the age of nine, Mr. ‘Ihoims was

been elected. Capt. lrnest lhsns, a

u IJWII Georllln ubeni was return- ed from Wales University.

Sir Philip Sssson, sh‘ er Un-

ller-Secretsry for Air. retained for

the Government his Kent seat oil‘

'_ I-Iythls defestillt G. M. Cole-

Illlll. Labor by 16.8 9.

Many voters‘ working in the city

of London lost their votobecause

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of the fog. Intending to cast their

Q ballots liter their day's work they

- found that trains were delayed be- cause of the pea soup fog and when

‘ they got home the polls were clos- ed. Trains were running as late as an hour and a half. '

Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin. Cou- servative leader, was about to be iihotomphed when ih.._ first result .-s Conservative reached

f‘ him. lie broke into an unoooxed smile for the photographed Mr. Baldwin was especially pleased by

vsubvl y

" tho resu'.ts in Salford.

‘ rrsl leader, and his family awaited-

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Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, Lib-

returns until early ln the morning st his homo in Churt, Surrey, Mr,

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__ i-loydfiioorse said he would make

no comment until-the rgturug were

“ ' complete.

Election returns were received at many gl-y parties in fashionable hotels and restaurants. At several oi these the fog was an unlnivited guest, seeping through cracks of

doors and windows. Some restaur-

ants looked as though they held a

vi»-

smoke cloud.

BLACKPOOL, Lanoashire, out. 28.—Capt. Erskine Bolst, Conserv- ative candidate kept Blackpool in the Conservmtlve coiunln with s smashing victory over Edgar Wal- lace, celebrated writer oi detective

dame secretary of the Railway film's Union, but when he desert- ed the Labor Government," tho nu-

- ion expelled hm from the ofllce.

Elevating the espletlve “humbui to s place in political _hlstory, Mr. Thomas crossed swords with the Canadian Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. R- B. Bennett during the last Im- DQIM iiiflliflrnw. The occurrence Pill"! ‘film! 5i. tempest and provok- ed a substantial reply from Mr, Bennett. Mr. Thomas la er plain- ed ifs statement had been miscon- iltrued.

Since 1910‘, Mr. Thomas has held the Derby Seat. He was Secretary oi State for the Colonies in 1924; Minister oi Em- ployment in 1929 and Secretary oi Shtc for the Domlnlons in 1930.

Do'by elect-s two members and the vote today was: Thoma; (Nag. loin! Labor) 49.241; W. A. Reid. cub servative, 47,279; W. R. Raynes, (Labor) 21,841 and Waler Hails. (Labor).

E. J. Young, Nstlonti-liberal, a lournalist and lecturer, defeated llllss Ellen Wilkinson, Labor‘ and one of the 14 women meinhegg 5g the last House oi Commons, in tho lizht at East Mlddlesborough. Miss Wilkinson was first elected in 1924 She is national organizer for the union oi health.

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Rt. Hon. Margaret Bondfield, who was Minister oi Labor in the rec- ent Labor Government, was defeat- ed in the l election today in s straight tight with Miss Irene Ward. Conservative, in the North- umbcrland division oi Wllfscnd.

Running a poor third, Sir John William Pratt, a. member of Sir 0s- Wald Mnsley's new party, was de- feated in the Manchester riding of

plays and novels. Capt. Bolst‘s maJ-i Hulme- Limit-Cd- Sii‘ Jiiflelih Nil"

orlty was almost five times as large ,ls the Conservative majority in j mo. Mr. Wallace running as a Lib- ? erzl based his campaign on the I policies of Rt. Hon. David Lloyd u George, veteran Liberal leader, oi

1 whom he is a staunch supporter. |

Derwent; Hall-Came, National- . Laborcandldate defeated by r. lelurhby. Conservative in the bdr- iough of Evertou, Liverpuol, lava f sun oi the late novelist. Ila is Ml. . journalist. and hls a brother Ralph running as a Conservative in cast-

i‘ urn Dorset.

Rt. Hon. A. V. Alexander, first‘ lord oi the Admiralty in the rec- ent Labor govornment was defeat- ed today for the House oi Conl- mons by .l. C. Bralthwzure, Conscr- vatlvc b)‘ 23,819 to 17,311‘. It was a

~_ Conservative gain oi the Sheffield s Hlllsborough suit.

Sir Herbal.‘ Samuel, leader of the liberal factizn participating in Rt.

. lion. Ramsay MacDonald's Nstion-g al Government was re-elecied today"

‘ to the Hoiise of Commons.

Unable to do any campaigning ..

' because he was in lull, Christoph- ’ er Flanagan, Communist candidate in the Norton riding oi Manchester 1 went down to defeat in a. three-

3; cornered contest. E. A. Shackleton‘

,' Bailey. Conservative, won the scat T. from the sitting member. J. -v. Comp ton, Labor. Flanagan poled 1,000

- votes. I

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won the salt from the sitting mem- ber, A. McElwee, Labor. Slr John Pratt, formerly was a Liberal and sot in the House from 1913 to 1918 for Llnlthgow and from 1918 to 1922 for Cathcart, Glasgow. He. was Lord Commlsloner o‘ the Treas- ury 1916 to 1919. ,

S. Saklcttvala, the only Commun- ist ever to a't in the British house,

. was-defeated in a three cornered

contest in the London borough oi iiBttersea- north. the Conservatives

‘this contest will lose his deposit.

ilficated in the borough of Platting, a Manchester riding, by A. E. L. Charlton, Conservative, was form- er secretary oi state for home af- frfrs‘ in the Llbor Government. In the first Labor ministry oi 1924 he

was lofd Privy Scai and Deputy Leader oi the House of Commons. He was the fifth former Labor min- ister to go down to dcfcat as re- sults poured in from all parts ‘of the country.

Rt. Hon. Thomas Show, Minist- cr of War in the lost Labor Govern-

ment, and his s ter. wont down to defeat in Pres-

ton. Two Conscrvxtlves-thls riding‘

clccts two members-W. M. Kirk-

patrick aud Capt. A. C. Morclng,l

swopt all before them. The voie was: Moreing, 45,843; Kirkpatrick,

Home; Show. 25,110 and Porter 24,-

660. Labor had two representatives

- cotton. At dissoiu ' n, the new party

'_. guides st 2o. Later liq bu)" ‘°“"- “midi-s a numb" oi

lng mate, E. Por-l

NY‘!- Slr 0swa.'d's chief ieutcnant‘ "i" h" glib my ovum:- Mosley, who was not s ellidlihlq at this el-

hsd two members besides Sir Oswald and his wife. A score or more candidates ran under its ban-i

noted athletes.

LIVERPOOL, Eng., Oct. 27-

(A-PJ-Frank Hornby, Consen-

lttlVC, W118 0191:1241 h] (he “my” 9f ‘Commons from the Liverpool con- stituency oi Everton today.

- "i W" a 88in for the Conserv- ative, Hornby defeating Derwent ‘mill Callie, National Labor candid- ‘ate, and son of the late novelist Sir Hall Calne, who held the seat in the last parliament. The vote ww iiornby. 12sec; s. 1.. Treleav- en, Labor, 7,786; Derwcnt Hall Caine, 4.400. ' One of the few Laboriinss to swing over with Premier MacDonald to form the National Gbvcrnlnent, C. M. Gilleit, held his London seat of Finsbury. Running as l; Nallohel. Laborite, he drfcated T. ‘Williams, Labor. , Lady ivoach. Conservative, had n ‘Islvceplng victory in Southend against A. E. Becchervaise, Labor. l-‘ier majority was 38,823.

With the record behind her oi beingthe first woman privy coun- cillor in Great Britain's history, Rt. lion. Margaret Bondfield was de- feated in the London borough o! Wallsend. Her woman opponent, Miss Irene Ward, Conservative, polled 25,999 against 18,398 for Miss Bondficld. it. was one oi two straight fights between woman can- didates. :

In the first Labor Government, Miss Bondficld was secretary of the Labor department but lost her seat, Northampton in 1924. She re-cn- tered the commons as member for Wallscnd in 1920 and after the 1929 Labor vcltory, became Minister oi Labor. Miss Bondfleld was pres- ldent of the general council oi the Trades Union Congress in 1923 and is chic! woman officer of the un- ion of general and municipal work- crs. i

Another former member of the Labor Government to be defeated was Rt. Hon. Arthur Greenwood. |In 1929, he had a majority oi 10,- 297 in the Lancashlre riding oi Nelson and Colne but. today. he went ‘down to defeat before L. T.

Till’. ciihi:l.irr'rs'ramm c;;1.-.:::;.'.\'.' iiliiiiiilil. iiililiillliili

Mhnahmmi FRIENDS iiiiiiii- Mr. John Belyoa, Sussex. N-B» who has been in the city the mstjwo weeks, leaves 0n return home this morning. Mr. Bell!“ w" he" “'- manage: of the Ivsusu Community Carnival, which closed s successful i—— two weeks run on Saturday 1118M “QUIET WEDDINE-The ma"

my whue m the city‘ “Jwku as ‘i-iage look place on Wednesday, Oct. he is familiarly known. mfldii ‘i hm ‘21- “t Si. Mary's Rectory, Summer- ot ‘fiends by m. gem“ manner andrside, Vcn. Archdeacon White, 01116- engaglng perwnelfty. He has in- lat-mg of Mr. John Douglas Howard tlmated he Wm Nwm to the pro- Barlow of Ellerslie to Addie Adel- vyme next summer‘ when, he Wm inc Bulger of Conway-S

be cordially welcomed. V

EVERY MEMBER

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—STRAYED SHEEP S1111 limb. RObt. l-lcgg, WiLmOt. 9677-10-28-21.

p —SEVIJ.\' MILE BAY, Whist nnd auction puliy will be held tonight. 9884-10-28-21

_ —PAYS TRIBUTE-Rev. C. J. 8t. iClair Jeans, at the Sunday morning service at the Presbyterian Church paid a fitting tribute to the late RH’. J. J. MacDonald. In the death 01 the pastor cf Si. Paul's Church Summerside had lost one of its best. citizens, who was always to the fisont in every work for the 800d of the community-S

MINISTERS ELECTED

Tile five Cabinet Mlnifitlfs elected ye:terday with their fill- proxlmatc majorities over the nearest opponent were as iol- loos:

Sir Herbert Samuel, Liberal Home Secretary, in Dsrwen. bIajority—-4,287.

Sir Samuel Home, Conserv- alive, Secretary .for India, in

—RE'I'URNED T0 WINNIPEG-- Rev, Father Maclntyre, who has been visiting friends on the Island returned to his home in Winnipeg on Monday. He was present at the funeral of Rev. J. J. MacDonald Friday last and took the services chiilseii- Limdml- Mflwny- |at Grand River Church on Sunday 18-289- ‘to enable the pastor Rev John A.

Rt- iion- J. ii. Thomas. Lfl- iMacDonald, to offlcfate at st. bor Secretary for the Domin- Paul's Church, Summersidea-S ions, Derby, majority over 20.- 000. . Rt. Hon. Neville Chamber- lain, Conservative, Minister of lieolth, Birmingham, Edgebas- ton. majority 27,928.

Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Conservative. President oi the Board oi Trade, Hcndon, Mid- dlfscx, majority 51,000.

—SClIO0L CHILDREN HAVE HOLIDAY-The 11111001 children of Summerside are enjoying two days ‘holiday this week. Tuesday, Oct. 27 Lord Bessborouglfs birthday was the day that the Governor General asked that the children should be given a holiday. As this is the sec- ond duy 1n the week the School Board thought it would be a good _ idea for the children to have Mon- day as well, making a nice long

week end. The children will attend

Results By school on Saturday to make up for Constituencies -’“‘-°“°“""s i

m? . 5' —FUNERAL SERVICES — The C°“5°"“"'i"° Gains‘ Ardwicki funeral of Mr. Charles C. Waugh Newport, Nelson and Collie, l-lulme was hem on Sunday aggemom and Rflsiendole. Bumley. Eocies. VIIIY- was attended by friends from all ringtcn, Szlford North, Doncasier, part5 of the Province’ who came to Blackburn, i2 seats), Preston (2 pay their 155g tribute g0 a (ha; 5911B.) $l°¢kt°ii"°"-Tee5- Fam- friend. The service at the home was worth, Accrlngton, Wakefield. Si. wnducged by Rev. A_ (;_ growe o; Helen's. Sfliford West. Brim. West Central Bedeque. At the church, Bromwlck, Nelson and Colne, Ham- Rem MI; wihm, @001; the service, mersmith, Hackney South, Preston, 95555;“ by Rev_ w_ R Harding (2 508125,) LIVCYPOO] EVEPiDH, BM- The p511 bearers were, Messrs Ma- 18y find Morley. 50191199“ SOUi/h- jor Schurman, John Smallman,

Thorp. Conservative, by 7,684 votes. In the last Labor Govemmcnt, he was Minister oFHealth.

‘Rt. Hon. L. M. C. S. Amery, Con-

‘vinnlnx ‘he “at "m" Labor‘ SM“ servaiive, ardent Imperlallst and‘ Manchester Exchange‘ Bury‘ King- latvala was defeated In 1920 and in Pmtecthnis" w“ elected l“ Bh-‘Zsion on Thames, Cheltenhzlm, Hom-

mingham Sparkbrook ln a. straight g party fight against G. Archibald,

Rt‘ non‘ J‘—--——R‘ Glynn‘ who was, Labor. Marrying o. Canadian, Miss_ lusey‘ stoke Newmgton‘ Hasung;

Florence Greenwood, of Whitby, 0nt., Mr. Amery is well-known iii , this country. From 1924 to 1929, Mr. ‘Amery was Secretary oi State for the Dominions.

I Caught in the anti-Labor tide , that swept down Labor candidates like nine pins. Rt. Hon. Albert V. i Alexander, First Lord of the Admir- ‘alty since 1929, was defeated iii i lllllsborough. The seat went lo the Conservatives whens. c. Bralth- Waite polled 23,819 votes to 17,219 for tho former Cabinet miiiifibll‘.

lion. Mary Pickford, daughter of the late Lord Sterndaic, regained‘ ‘the London borough of liammcrq lsmith North for the Conservatives I by defeating the sitting Laborltc, J.

wark, Greenwich, East Leicester, Jqggphus smallmehl A, s, Magxgy, Liverpool. Edsehili". Newport; Liv- c. B. Kelly and Albert, Wright w: ierpool, West; Toxteth, Batteries. Bedeque. Interment was in the iNorth, Manchester, Willlngton. Baptist Cemetery at Bedeque-s

l Conservative Sczts Unchanged:

—FEAST >OIlSEItVED—On Sun- day at, St. Paul's Church, Sum- merside, as in all Roman Catholic Churches throughout the world the Feast of Christ the King was cb- served with fitting ceremony. The special preacher at High Mass at i0 o'clock was Rev. John A. Mac-

scy, Grlmsby, Worcester, Hythe.

Bath, Ashton-under LYP-E. Wal-

t Erskine-Boost, Cilclsea. the Hail" ‘lepolos. Liverpool ExchanEB. T-IWT" r1700]. East Toxtcth, Livcrpnvi. F111‘-

erp°°li Walton" ‘mon, taken from the Gospel of the Natmnabldberal gums from m‘ day he paid a touching tribute to b“: Dewsbury‘ Swansea’ Bar“s1ey' Rev. J. J. MacDonald, pastor of Middlesbormlgh‘ Swansea‘ west" ‘the church, who was laid i0 rest L1°Yd 59mg” Lmmfls “m” ““' on rrlduy last. His beautiful words Challged: wales Umvcrsuy‘ brought comfort to the congrega- i-flbor Sea“ ummmiied‘ Mmhy‘ tlon o! st. Paul's who are saddened Tydili Livemmb swuand‘ at the loss of their bel0vcd_ pastor. Priests from Si. Dunstaws Univer- sity will assist Rev. Bennett Mae- Bv a one" mahml» S" S"‘"°'d Inohcld, curate for st. Paul's until Criliiifi- 0M 0i the 1mm“ h‘ ‘he the arrival of their new pastor, Lubor virtu- roivlned h“ 5*“ °' Rev. a. .1. MucLeilan, o. 1a., of Bristol East. He was solicitor-Ken‘ Tlgnlsh who Wm take up ms new eral in the old Labor Government duties on December 1st__s and was particularly bitter 11891115‘ _ _____ the members oi his viii-i‘ m“ —CARS OVERTURNED-Reports

| l’. Gardner and E. F. Brltmlcy, Com- munist. Miss Pickford, interested in 1 [bettering industrial conditions wasi an unsuccessful candlflnte in 1939-

Swilnt.’ 0V" W the “iii-hm”! admm‘ nvere current in Summersidc on isfraiion- T059! 11¢ defeated J’ M‘ Monday of several ca: accidents

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field. Brentford and chisvick. Liv- ‘Donald o, Grand Rim‘ m my Se,“ .

5 511F111". Ciinsefvfliiv”. b!’ 429 "'°"°§' hover the week end. On Sunday nght I

on the road jusl; past. Mr Harris‘:

.blu.~i.iiiililli cu itlfllfill‘ or NEKSERUM"

Prominent T 0 r 0 n t 0 ‘ Physicians Unwill- lng T0 Comment On

} “New Cure For Can-

cer.”

(Canadian Press)

TORONTO, Ont, Oct. 27.-P:om- ineni. Toronto medical men were un- willing ‘o conuncnt today on the re- poit from Kitchener that. Dr. J. E. i-iett had discovered a new and ef- fective scrum for cancer. Those who committed themselves were sceptical ‘of ilhr- discovery.

“There are 10,000 of them," said Dr. Harris McPherson, President of the Toronto Academy of Medicine, when told of the reported curc. In- formed, Dr. Heft had announced the‘ cure himself, Dr. McPherson said, "Very wcll. Let him put. all his cards on the table for the medical profession to investigate. vie have men competent to do tms 1n every branch."

"Until I know more about the sci‘- um and the claim, I must refrain from commenting," said Dr. Arthur Hendrick, who is working in co- operation wlth Professor E. F. Bur- ton, of the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto on a new colloidal treatment for cancer.

Shipwrecked 0.. Lonely Island, Are Rescued

(Associated Press)

BALBOA. Canal Zone, Oct. 27- The United States gunboat Sacra- mento reported by radio today that three shipwrecked United States ad- venturers on the lonely Island of Cocos in the southwest; ‘Pacific had been found and were being return- ed to Balboa.

The castaways, Paul Stachwick of Huron, S. D. Gordon Browner of Springfield, 111., and EJmer J. Pailiser of Sim Diego, Calif, were found with a searching party from the yacht Cumargo of Julius Flelschman of Cincinnati, Ohio.

The report said the three refu- gees, who are believed to have lived a, “Robinson Crusoe" existence on the island for the past six months, were found late this afternoon.

The Camargo is proceeding! southward. the message said, ‘ the Sacramento is returning to; Balboa with the rescued mm. |

Julius Flelschman, former Mayor‘ of Cincinnati, who is cruising in‘. the South Seas, reported Snttirdnyl that he had discovered the wreck of the yawl "West Wind" in which the three men came to grief cff coco. Island last April.

He found a note signed by th: three men which indicated that they had been on the spot forty- eight hours before his arrival.

succeeds In Long Flight

(Canadian YIPS») NEW YORK, N. Y, OcL, 27-11. J. (Bert) Hinklcv, noicd Australian aviator. left North Bcurh Airport.

slanllufclsl Al Mfliilillli

MON-TREAL. Que, Oct. 27—<By the Canadian Press)—George W. McCollum, of Toronto, approved acts of sabotage on property of the Montreal Light, Heat and Power Consolidated and promised the guil- ty linemen financial assistance if they would keep on dynamitirlg towers, poles and transformers, property of the company, four line- men testifled today during the sec- ond day of McCollumfis trial in the court of King's Bench on charges of having aided and counselled the destruction.

The linemen. members of o. group of twenty-one that. pleaded guilty to sabotage charges last week, were Laurent Meilleur, Louis Viuu, Hec- tor Lefortune and Armand Bcrniu". all of Montreal. They all swore that ltfcCollulit had written stale- ments and had. in some instances, managed to have them published in local newspapers, absolving the strikers oi’ all blame in connection with the outrages and stating that the Union had organizrd patrols to guard the Company: property.

The trial is continuing.

Blfijiills

lCanadlan Press) OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 27.—-Carrying a special message 0f birthday con-

‘ gratulatlons from Rt. Hon. R. B.

Bennett, Prime Minister ,whq be-

came indisposed on Sunday, but is '

improvingjinelnbcrs of the Cabinet coiled upon the Earl of Bess-borough late this afternoon and extended their best wishes and greetings to His Excellency on the occasion of his fifty-first birthday.

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Halifax Sittings Concluded

(Canadian Press )

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HALIFAX, N. 5., Oct. 26.—J. L. Ilsley, M. P. for. Hunts-Kings, who was the only witness heard by the Chlgnecto Canal Commission dur- lug a. brief session which thLs cf- temoon brought. its Halifax sitting to a close, pictured the advantage which would accrue from the can- al construction to the agricultural- lsts of the section he represents at Ottawa.

The waterway, he said, would facilitate the slfpment of rpples from this province, the import, at a lower fre‘ghi. rate, of the fefd

and twhlch was imported. and also. D61“

Imps, cf general merchandise p111‘- chascd by Nova Scotla iPOm Q11?" bcc and the other provinces to the

{f .

Morning and afternoon s€ss10nS were held here today by the com- mission. Seven witnesses were heard 1n the morffng. all from Hwlifax. Only one 0' these. Harold S. John- filth, chief engimer of the Nova Scctla power commiss’0i1. WW1 011*‘ lined ways and means by W111i?“ the waterway could be liiikiid 11D with a hydro power diiiflililiiimitl capable of producing at the leasr 40.000 horsepower. was favorable tot the nsw waterway FY0199"

The written submi=s‘01l 0i the l-lalif x Board of Trad‘. Dilvmed by Alexander bfontgolnvic. chill!‘- man of the Board's trfliififlviiflt i)“ committee, expreiscd ihc oriniofls “lag m4 cxpendtilre incurrcrl by lih~ canal construction “Wink! Wit

dlnckncy to Miss F. M.

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BilALlTIilii PARTY

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LONDON, ‘Oct. 27-4Canarllan Press C8biC)——Th9 early swing for the National Government as polling returns were received tonight reached the climax in the defeat at Bumley of Rt. Hon. Arthur Hen- derson who in August succeeded Prime Minister Ramsay NiacDon- old as parliamentary lender of the Labor party.

Mr. Henderson fell a victim in a triangular battle to Rear Admiral Gordon Campbell, V. 0., D. S. 0.. Conservative candidate, the man of "mystery ship’ fame.

The vote was as follows:

Rear Admiral Gordon Campbell Cons, 35,126.

Rt. Hon. Arthur lrfcndcrrun, L11- bor. 26,917.

James Rusllicn. Communist, 511.

Confined T0 Rh Room

Mr. Helldcrson had been the Ln- bor member for Bumlcy since Fcb- runry, 1924, and he had been in the House of Commons with 01.131 brief interruptions since 1923. Th’ result came as Mr. Hcild-“rson ' confined to his hotel room thn; sickness which he sufferer! on Sun- day night, and which had prevail‘..- ed him from taking an active p32‘? in the closing stages of the cum- paign.