LABOUR LIKELY TO LOSE THREE SEATS.
JvO-MCENSE FIGURES NOT YET AVAILABLE. (Received December 9th, 1.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 8. To-day's elections returns have not altered the position greatly. If anything, they have strengthened tho -Liberal position somewhat. It is now possible to state that the Labour Party has won, or practically won, 35 seats, tho Liberal Party 32, while one Independent candidate has been returned. This leaves eight seats in doubt on the first ballot and fourteen requiring second ballots. Of the twenty-two doubtful seats, Liberals are leading in fourteen and Labour in eight.
Postal vote* have still to be counted in many electorates. In several constituencies the contests are so close that the absent vote, though small, is likely prove the deciding factor.
■ Labour looks like losing Ashburnham, Bingara, and Macquarie. The official No-license figures are not yet available.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14844, 9 December 1913, Page 7
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140LABOUR LIKELY TO LOSE THREE SEATS. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14844, 9 December 1913, Page 7
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