July 9.
Tue threat of the Labour Party in the House of Commons to retrain for a time from attending at Westminster, in consequence of the dispute over Liberal and La-hour rivalry at the Hanley by-election, will not, it now appears, be carried out. According to the telegrams the contest in Hanley is really confined to the Labour Party and the Unionists, and the Li-boral candidate's campaign is being conducted in so half-hearted a manner as to suggest the possibili" ty of his eventual withdrawal. In present circumstances a split between the Government and its Labour supporters is always pos-jate of some little value as schools
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