ARCTIC SEARCH.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18403, 9 June 1925, Page 9

ARCTIC SEARCH.

FRAM BEING REPLACED. |>T CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIOHT-) (AI7STBALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received June Bth, 7.10 p.m.) OSLO, June 7. The Fram has been found unsuitable for patrolling floating ice, and is withdrawing to fc'pitzbergen. Another ship will assist the Hobby. Two aeroplanes to assist in the search will be dispatched from Hortcn tomorrow-. LABOUR MAJORITIES. —L_s IN N.S. WALES AND TASMANIA. (br cable—pbess association—copyright.) iaustbalia:,- a.vo :;.z. cable association.) SYDNEY, June 8. Though the distribution of preferences has still to bo completed in a number of electorates, and in one or two cases the issue is still in doubt, with a probability of Labour getting another seat in Newcastle, the position- of the parties now is: — Labour 45 Nationalists 3^ Progressives 10 Protestant Labour '. i Independent 2 Should Labour secure Newcastle, the state of the parties will be: — Labour ... 46 Anti-Labour 41 The defeat of the Government is noiv regarded as certain. Tho Hon. D. Levy, Speaker of the Assembly, managed to escape defeat by a narrow majority. HOBART, June 8. The latest counts indicate that the new Parliament will consist of 16 Labourites and 14 Nationalists.