Dog-lovers will regret the premature death of Captain Horace Edwin Hobbs who fell a victim to quinay Just before Christmas and died his home in Buckinghamshire, Captain Hobbs—who served in the Gunners during the War—organized a National Dog Week in England in 1020 and 1029. In 1991 he raised £20,000 for the rebuilding of the Canine Department of the Royal Veterinary College and the foundation of 1 Professorship of Canine Medicine and Surgery. His chief work was, however, the foundation and organization of the Tail-Waggers' Clb which is now well-known all over the British Empire. It was started by Captain Hobbs in 1028 for the promotion, of canine welfare and the protection of the rights of dog-owners. 'Such was Captain Hobbs' enthusiasm that in less than eighteen months the membership of the Club had reached total of 200,000, To-day it has early 700,000. members and its sprightly guidance to dog-owners is familiar to readers of this and many The Labour Party has put up a doughty candidate to oppose Mr. Mal-calm MacDonald's second bid for re-
{urn te tke House of Commons. H. MeNoill ran Mr. W. Elliot exceedingly close in the contest for Kelyingrove in November; on two previous occasions he had fought elections at Galloway, An ex-chairman of the Glasgow Tvades and Labour Council, Mr. MeNelll has been 9 member of the Glasgow Town Council for some time An engineer by trade ko Is an clive member of te Amalgamated Society of Engineers. He has a formidable task in seeking the suffrages of the electors of Inverness and Ross ani Cromarty for at the General Election the Labour candidate was defeated by the Liberal National by 7,820 votes But there ig no doubt that he can rely ena certain local resentment against the Government's candidate to secure either passive or aclive sup-ort of his candidature. " Although Mr. Baldwin is fulfilling is duty a leader In endeavouring ud sooty for two members of his Cabinet who have fallen by tre way—and" the obligation is all the stronger because they happen to belong to. that section of opinion in which the Government is @eficlent—he cannot. take action to deprive the constituencies selected of their right of free choice. Obviously cannot prevent the Opposition from attempting to repeat the rejections recorded in November. Nor can he do more than exercise the oct persuasion in influencing the decision of the local Conservative or Liberal orantzations, supporters of is Gov ernment thotigh they nominally may be. 'The resignations at Inverness show that some differences of opinion prevail regarding Mr. Malcolm Mac-Donald's acceptability. The Scottish 'Universities' seat will be contested but there are signs that Mr. Ramsay Mac-Donald may have an' easy there. His son, however, is threatened [with Liberal as well as Labour Opposition and there is talk of the possible intervention of the volatile IMr, Randolph Churchill og leader the recalcitrant Conservatives, The plethora of candidates may sult Mr. Malcolm MacDonald's: book, but the contest promises to be interesting.
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