LARGEST PARTY
GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA
CONTENTIONS BY PREMIER
MELBOURNE, October 6, The Prime Minister, Mr R». Menzies, speaking at the dfidarmjon of the poll-in his electorate, said that if thl negotiations for a National Government failed it would be a^calamity for Australia and a calamity to winch he would resolutely refuse to contribute "If we do not secure a National Government, this Government will continue," he said. . Mr. Menzies added that m the House of Representatives election the Government received liberal support in every State except one. In spite of the results in New South Wales the Government actually made headway in five States. He claimed that the Government wag still much the largest group in Parliament. He claimed that the Government had won 16 of the 19 Senate seats and swept the poll in five States out of six. He said the total of votes cast for the Government exceeded the total cast for all the Labour parties by 120.000.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 85, 7 October 1940, Page 8
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161LARGEST PARTY Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 85, 7 October 1940, Page 8
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