IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2721, 28 January 1910, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

ELECTION RESULTS. RESULTS OF CONTESTS. Unitkd Pnnss Association— Copykigiht. LONDON, Jan. 26. —Morley.— France ,Liberal, 5026. Charlesworth, Unionist, 3305. No change. —Loughborough.— 'Sir M. Levy, Liberal, 6760. Carrington, Unionist, 6007. No change. —Renfrewshire East. Oilinour, Unionist, 9645 ;> _ *R. Laicllaw, Liberal, 8771. Unionist gain. —Stirling Burghs.— *A. H. "W. Ponsonby, Liberal, 4471. Cochrane-Patrick, 2418. No change. •—Larnarlc North-east.— Pringle, Liberal, 8422. Thomson, Unionist, 7528. No ohange. —Monmouth West. — *T. Richardsj Labox - , 13,295. Cameron, Unionist, 3045. No change. —Fife East. — __ -'lit. Hon. H. H. Asquith (Prime Mm. ister), Liberal, 5242. Sprot, Unionist, 3183. No change. —Walthamstow. — * John A. Simon, Liberal, 17,726. Johnson, Unionist, 15,531. No change. . •—Cirencester. — Hon. A. B. Bathurst, Unionist, 5091. *ll. W. Essex, Liberal, 410 S. Unionist gam. —Truro. — *G. H. Morgan, Liberal. 4873. Sir E. D. Lawrence, Unionist, 4262. No change. —Northampton South. — Fitzroy, Unionist, 4565. Kellaway, Liberal, 3955. Unionist gain. •—Sto wma rk et. Goldsmith, Unionist, 5311. *G. A. Hardy, Liberal, 4666. Unionist gain. —Haddington.— Hit. Hon. R. B. Haldane. Liberal, 3771. Blight, Unionist, 3023. No change. —Ludlow. — *R. Hunt, Unionist, 5769. Forsdike, Liberal, 3365. No change. •—Ashburton. — €. It. Buxton, Liberal, 5668. *Capt. Bell, Unionist, 5421. Liberal gain. ■ —Darwen.— F. G. Hindie, Liberal, 8639. * J .Rutherford. Unionist, 8428. Liberal gain. {Received January 27, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 27. —Wokingham.— *E. Gardner, Unionist, 8132. Knight, Liberal, 4095. No change. —Elgin and Nairn.— *A. Williamson, Liberal, 2917. Flynn, Unionist, 1734. No change. —Now Forest. — 1 Perkins, Unionist, 6516. “Sir R. H. Hobart, Liberal, 4423. Unionist gain. ; —Arfon, Wales. — * .Jones, Liberal, 6223. A'. Hughes, Unionist, 2629. No change. —Montgomery.— *D. Davies, Liberal, 4369. Wynn, Unionist, 2697. No change. —Mid-Glamorgan. — ♦Sir S. T. Evans, Liberal, 13,175. Williams, Unionist, 3382. No change. —Stafford, Western. — •Lloyd. Unionist, 5592. *H. D. McLaren, Liberal, 532 1. Unionist gain. —Rushcliffe. — * Right Hon. J. E. Ellis, Liberal, 9942. Conigsby Disraeli, Unoinist, 1098. No change. —Leigh.— Caffan, Liberal, 5325. Smith, Unionist, 4645. Greenall, Labor, 3268. No change. —Down, South.— *J. ■ Mac-Veagli, -Nationalist, 3875. Macassey, Unionist, 3180. No change. —St. Albans. — * Colonel E. H. Carlile, Unionist, 7323. ißeddoes, Liberal, 52 il. No change. —Wadnes. — ‘Colonel W. IL Walker, Unionist, 4768.. Bernacchi, Liberal, 4666. No change. —Skip ton. — *W. Clough, Liberal, 6579. Captain Roundell, Unionist, 6081. No change. —lsle of Craig, Unionist,., 6892. Wei gall, Liberal, 3410. Unionist gain. —Norfolk, Northern. — Noel Buxton, Liberal, 5189. King, Unionist, 4604. No Change. —Northwick. — “Right Hon. Sir J. T. Brunner, Liberal, 6661. Williams, Unionist, 5542.. No change. v —Glamorgan, Southern. — -*W. Brace, Labor,^ll,6l2. Morgan, Unionist, 7411. No change. — Ayr, South.—... ... =*W. P. Beale, Liberal, 8333. Mclntyre, Unionist, 6793No change. "' —Luton.— *T. G. Ashton, Liberal, 79 46. Elliot, Unionist, 7080: No change. . ' .—Perth, Eastern.— Young, Liberal, 3884. Murray, Unionist, 2703. No change, •.... ...7j;.;. . 7 7: '—Tyneside,— !*J. M. Robertson, Liberal, 13,158. ‘•Cochrane, Unionist, 7807. No change.

CABLE NEWS.

>. —Aylesbury.— ‘Hon. L. W. Rothschild, Unionist,. 6037. Atkins, Liberal, 4574. No change. -—Denbigh, Eastern. — *E. C. Hemmerde, (Liberal, 6765. Rhyp, Unionist, 3321. No change. —Evesham. — Monsell, Unionist, 5416. Burt, 3997. No change.' —'Monaghan, North. — *J. C. R. Lardner, Nationalist. 3479. Ivnight, Unionist, 2005. No change. —Horncastle. — ‘Lord Wiloughby De Eresby, Lnionist, 5062. Conybeare, Liberal, 4292. • No change. —Barlcston Ash.— *G. R. Lane Fox, Unionist, 5291. Horne, Liberal, 4546. •No change. —North Lonsdale. — *G. B. Haddock, Unionist, 4251. Bliss, Liberal, 4212. No change. —Dorset, 'Western. — ‘Colonel R. Williams, Unionist, 4011. Edwards, Liberal, • 2759. No change. -—Horsham.— ‘Earl Winterton, Unionist, 6324. R. Outhwaite (Victorian), Liberal, 3534. ' No change. SUMMARY OF RESULTS. (Received January 1 ’ 28, 12.5 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 27. The latest returns are : Unionists 255 Liberals 234 Labor 37 , Nationalists ... 65 O’Brienites 7 Liberal gains, 19; Unionist gains, 117. [According to the above figures there are 72 seats yet to be accounted for.] DR. CHAPPLE THE ELECT OF STIRLINGSHIRE. 1 To be rejected for Tuapeka and elected to the House of Commons in a period extending a little over twelve months is a remarkable accomplishmentupon which Dr. Chappie’s friends in Wellington will heartily congratulate him “New Zealand Times”). After vainly wooing the electors of Newtown on several occasions, Dr. Chappie, on the death of Mr. J. Bennett, .contested the by-election held for Tuapeka in June, 1908, and was returned, the voting being Chappie 1075. Horn 1045, Scott 845. At the general elections in November. 1908, Dr. Chappie again contested the Tuapeka constituency, but was defeated. The*voting was: J. A. Macpherson 1544, R. Scott 1441, Chapiple 1294. At the second ballot the Opposition candidate, Mr. Scott, was victorious. Dr. Chappie, who is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, was born in Alexandra South in 1864, the son of John Cole Chappie, farmer, Allandale, Ophir. He received his earlier education at Otago University. Dr. Chappie commenced the 'practice of his profession in Wellington in 1892. He was a member of the Victoria College Council from 'its founding until 1907. During his residence in Wellington he was Surgeon-Captain of the Zealandia Rifles. He married Miss Turnbull, only, daughter of Mr. T. Turnbull, architect, Wellington. During his short 'Parliamentary career here Dr. proved himself an able debater, and all his speeches were well studied, displaying a ’ good grasp of the political questions of the day. His colonial knowledge should ibe of great advantage to him in the broader political arena he has just entered. THE CHURCH AND THE STATE. The Nonconformist preachers who have been urging the British electors to vote for Liberal candidates in the election that is now going on at Home have been carrying out the policy laid down by the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches in December. A manifesto issued by the Council called! upon all Nonconformists to assist in the political battle made necessary by “the persistent action of the House of Lords in making impossible the reforms, to which the National Free Church Council is committed.” It dealt first, with national education, referring to the attempts to revise the legislation of 1902, and to the return in 1906 of a House of Commons containing,a huge majority pledged to the principles of reform/ Three distinct, efforts had been made by the House of Commons to c; rry into effect the wishes of the electors in regard to education, but on each occasion the Lords had stood in the way. “Electors must now be‘reminded,” continued the manifesto, “that the onnression of the conscience by the Education Act of 1902 not only continues, but increases year by year. The Anglicans and Roman Catholics encroach more and more on the rates. Thousands of the children of Free Churchmen are compelled to attend Anglican or Roman Catholic schools, maintained almost to the last penny out of taxes and rates pai 1 by the community. In thousands of public schools no Nonconformist teachers can obtain positions as headmasters and head-mistresses, except on condition of assenting to the sectarian faith of the managers.” Ini dealing with the Licensing Bill, the manifesto stated that the moral sense of the-conn, try had been outraged by the “sinister fact that an understanding) had been arranged between the peers and the trade.” The concluding paragraph of the manifesto was clear and emphatic, i “Other questions of great moral and religious importance hang on this election,” ifi stated, “and specially those connected with the housing of the people the sufferings of the aged poor, unemployment, the prevalence of extreme misery and degradation, Welsh disestablishment, and the equality of all Churches before the law. Not as party politicians, but as Christians, we are compelled by the teaching of our Lord to seek to remove the obstacles that stand.in the .way of the moral and religious welfare of .the 'people.” It is plain that the Nonconformist preachers Pave definite Church authority behind them in their present attitude.