London. Oct. 26.
The King's Proclamation dissolving Parliament and calling the new Par lament to meet on November 2-6 was published last night as a supplement to the "London Gazette."
All party headquarters are now busy arranging platform engagements for their leaders, fixing up additional candidatures, and dispatching election literature to' constituencies.
There are already about 1.270 candidates in the Meld for the 615 sea's the House of Commons.
Ministerial parties have 563 candidates, comprising 498 Conservatives. 42. Liberal Nationals, 20 National Labourites and three' "Nationali The Opposition parties have 710 candidates. comprising 530 Labourites, 150 Liberals and 30 members of the Independent Labour Party.
Sixty-twe members of the House of Commons are not seeking re-election. They include 55 Conser-votives, among them s woman, the Countess of Iveagh, and two Ministers, Sir Bolton' Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Mr. Dougiss Jamieson. Lord Advocate for Scotland, who hss been appointed Judge—Reuter and Wireless.
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