News of the Week
A Vigorous Election. Campaign THE election campaigri is being conducted with astonish- ing vigour, and those who said that it was bound to be dull have dropped the phrase arid "ere perhaps searching for another. All the Party leaders are touring the country and piling speech upon speech with such an exhausting expenditure of effort as is familiar in America, but has not hitherto been seen here. The mechani- zing of public oratory is largely responsible for this intensification. Broadcasting reaches millions ; micro- phones at ordinary meetings convey every modulation of the speaker's voice to thousands. No one can resist the opportunity to touch audiences who have never before been accessible. The only drawback is that the microphone sets a severe limit on a speaker's gesture and general freedom of action. Let us state the bare facts and figures of the situation. At the Dissolution the Unionist Party numbered 896; Labour 160; and the Liberals 46. Besides these there were seven Independents and there were six seats vacant. The nominations for the General Election will be on May 20th, polling will take place on May 30th, and the results will be declared on that evening and the next day. The new Parliament is to Meet on June 25th. * *
