LATEST SENATE FIGURES
(Eeceived 27, 12.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 27. The Government is hopeful of winning bothl the Adelaide and Ballarat seats. The latest figures for Ballarat show. that the lead of the Labour candidate, Mr. Pollard, over Mr. Walker has been, reduced to 179. As 4100 votes remain to be counted Mr. Walker may snateh a last-minute victory. In Adelaide, Mr. Stacey is still about 5000 behind the combined votos of his three Labour opponents, but the Unite'd Australia Party headquarters at Adelaide stated that he might hold the seat. \ Information received by officials of the United Australia Party at Sydney increased their hopes that the Government would win Senate seats in Queensland and South Australia. The Government Senate group has gamed heavily in Queensland as a result of last night 's counting, and has reduced its dreficiency to only 45, as compared with 10,403 on Monday. In South Australia, the Government toanx has a lead of 125, whereas on Monday it was 878 votes in arrears. The Minister of External Affairs, Sir George Pearce, seems certain to be defeated in Western Australia, whore the lead of the Labour group has been further increased. Counting of the first preferenco votes for the Senate will not be completed for about a fortnight, and until then it will not be definitely known whether the Govei'nmonb kas lost its majority in tkat Ckamber.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 28, 27 October 1937, Page 5
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