All sorts of Election stunts have been planned, but I cannot say many have materialized, because nowadays every candidate has to live within his statutory expenses. There is one great scheme on for aeroplane sky-writing with smoke-letters on the day of the Election. Thus, each candidate subscribing to the scheme would have the words "Vote for Jones" displayed by sky-writing all over his constituency for ihe final encouragement of voters. I have not heard yet whether it is to be cone or not, but I know that efforts are being made to interest candidates. One candidate has had his Election address put on gramophone records, and is distributing it all over the constituency. There are about 26 women standing, but in all the other cases the wives seem to be doing a vast amount of the work, and a candidate who has not one is at a disadvantage. There is one Labour candidate for a Northumber land seat who is making great play with the fact that he is unemployed and in receipt of the weekly dole—there are certainly a very large number who have collected their Election expenses with difficulty and who are looking forward to the Parliamentary £400 a year as a means of livelihood. Somehow or other, I do not think that this
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