26 NOVEMBER 1910, Page 13

THE ACTON REFERENDUM.

pro THE EDITOR Or TEE "srsersroa."1 Sut,—You may be interested to hear that the Acton Refer. endum declared by 202 against municipal trading in electricity,—a most unexpected result. The figures were 2,245 to 2,043, out of about 12,000* ratepayers,—i.e., 35 per cent. The Socialists, who equally with their opponents had bound themselves to accept the result of the Referendum, are now repudiating their pledges on the ground of misrepresenta- tion in the official circular sent with the voting postcard. My information (except *) is derived from the Daily Mail of November 22nd. I have the official and two unofficial party