LITTLE CHANGE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 28, 27 October 1937, Page 5

LITTLE CHANGE

-Press Assn.

State of Parties in Australia FEDERAL ELECTI0NS

(By Telegraph-

-Copyright.)

(Eeceived 27, 8.45 a,m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 26. Checking of the general election toturns has reached a stage where nearly a million primary votes in addition to the postal and absentee votes remain to be counted. No marked ehange is revealed in the strength of the parties. All the Ministers in the House of Eepresentatives exeept Sir Archdale Parkhill and Mr. Hunter are certain to be returnod. It can safely be said that the assist-ant-Minister Mr. Thorby will retain the Calare seat, where he is more than 2000 ahead of his Labour opponent, Mr. Eolster, with the postal and absentee votes likely to favour Mr. Thorby. The assistant-Minister Mr. Hunter is involved in a most interesting duel at Maranoa (Queensland) with the au-thor-journalist Mr. Eandolph Bedford. The latter has already polled 11,900 compared with Mr. Hunter 's 9400 and the Social Credit candidato's, Mr. Madden's, 2100. The result depends on the allocation of Mr. Madden's preferences. The Minister of Customs, Mr. White, has a majority in Balaclava (Victoria) and is 12,000 ahead of his nearest opponent. The Federal Treasurer, Mr. Casey, has a lead of over 7000 in Corio against the Labour candidate, Mr. Carmody, and should have an easy victory. Dr. Earl Page, leader of the Country Party, is soundly beating the Labour candidate, Mr. Brindley, in Cowper (New South Wales). Mr. Page's present majority is 13,000. The Minister of the Interiox1, Mr. Paterson, has polled 26,000 to his "Labour opponent 's 16,000 in Gippsland (Victoria).' Mr. William Hughes, in North Sydney, has left his Labour aud Social Credit opponents well behind. Mr. Hughes at present has 35,152, the Labour candidate, Mr. Clayden, 15,234, and the Social Credit candidate, Mr. Minalian, 3303. Sir Frederick Stewart, who hithorto had threatened to oppose Sir Archdale Parkhill in Warringah owing to the Government 's lack pf action in health .and unemployment insurance, but was induced to remain in his own electorate of Parramatta, has a commanding majority of 21,000.