The By-elections in Edinburgh From Our Own Correspondent Edinburgh, March 24.
With one by-election in progress and another in prospect, Edinburgh will have a lively time of it during the next two or three weeks.
Mr. Avon Clyde's appointment as Lord President of the Court of Session leaves a vacancy in North Edinburgh, and the fight for this seat promises to be a particularly severe one.
Patrick Ford, a focal advocate, "is the Coalition candidate, and if the General Election figures are any guide, he should be returned by a large majority.
The Asquith Liberals, however, have a particularly able candidate in Mr. Walter Runciman. He pos-sosses the local associations valuable in an election in Scotland. His father's family were East Lothian stock, and although he lives South of the Tweed, he claims to bes of "pure Scots blood." One of; eae of historical scenes, and ancestors was the famous Scots
another was an equally well-known landscape artist.
Mrs. Runciman, also, is a member of a distinguished Edinburgh family for generations intimately associated with our affairs. One of her aunts, Miss Flora Stevenson, was for many years chairwoman of Edinburgh School Board, and another aunt, Miss Louisa Stevenson. was interested in local medical organizations.
These are the sort of things that} tall with—Scottish constituency. Mrs. Runciman is expected to support her husband on the platforms; at any rate she has already addressed the Liberal Association.
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The King will visit the West during his stay in Scotland in July, and take part in the yachting carnival known as the Clyde Fortnight. In this connexion he has intimated his intention of presenting a cup to the Royal Gourock Yacht Club.
His Maj states that he "does' not propose to give a cup to competed for by the large yachts, but would be willing to give a cup for a class of boat in a race where there would be the largest number of entries, and one in which the in dustrial workers would take the most interest."
In the Royal Gourock Club's programme special encouragement is given to the smaller handicap boats of the club by the holding of evening matches, and it is probable that, the King's Cun will be offered in one of these races.
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