27 DECEMBER 1935, Page 3

The attempt to liven up the adjournment debate by -attempting

a snap division against the Government on the question of the date of the reassembly after the • Christmas recess was thoroughly mismanaged. The organisers Of it in the Labour Party had made the • childish mistake of showing their hand by massing their supporters in the Chamber instead of in the libraries and smoking rooms. This gave the Government Whips time to send hurriedly for reinforcements, and since the Liberal Opposition were only represented by two of their army of twenty-one, the manoeuvre was defeated without serious difficulty.