N.S.W. ELECTIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1925, Page 3

N.S.W. ELECTIONS.

ArSTitA I, lAN AND N.Z. CARRE ASSOCIATION .SYDNEY, .May 31. '1 he New South Wales Slate election* "ere favoured by line "t at her yesterday in the greater part s. the State. Tim poll generally "a- a .-olid one. Returns, excepting those of the metrepdiiian area are far from complete. All returns are capable of a 'vide alteration.

Later returns this afternoon, "ill help to make the position clearer. An outstanding feature of the incomplete figures is that the gain of several seats by the Labour Party seems to he certain. The Ministers aiv safe. excepting Captain ( belfry. The Communistic Party and tiie Protestant Labour Party have been routed. Mi-s Stanley Preston, a Nationalist has been elected for Eastern - ’ll ■ ~ She is tip. lirst woman member On tile present incomplete rig uro-. Labour has the lead for forty Mats; tile Nationalists in 21 seats, tiie Progressives lead in 8 seats, and the Independents lead in three scats. In three or four electorates th l , are alfei led by the Hoods, the poll (otlld not he taken at a few of the h... th*. but this "ill be done on dates m be lixed later. Until these are takai the linn! results remain in abeyance. SYDNEY. May 2.1 \ later corrected report s|io"s that Labour is leading in foriy-live seals, am! not. forty seats, on the fr a- cut showing. The Progressives seem iik'cly io lose two or three seats. The polling generally was quiet. The last Parliament consisted of lit Nationalists, till Labour. IO Progressives and 4 Independents, (Received this day ar 2- a.m3 SYDNEY. May 31. The election returns up to tour o’clock to-day, "hen the i minting ceased until Monday, altered the earlier figures considerably. Heavy absentee postal votes and allotment preferences have still to he accounted for, making the position still capable of material changes.

Approximately on the present figures Labour has won. or is leading in iortysix electorates and anti-Labour fortyfour. with a possibility of a tie at fortv-fivc. Counting lias preceded sufficiently far to he able to essay with practical certaiuity that Labour will -ecure thirty-nine, the Nationalists 3?, the Progressives s and Independents 3. This leaves twelve in doubt ill which Labour is leading in seven, the Nationalists in four and the Progressives in one. However, until the outstanding votes and preferences are disposed of these figures must lie accepted as tentative. Labour is highly elated at the result, which certainly has upset metropolitan calculations. Sir Geo Fuller considered it too early to pronounce any verdict yet. lie expects the Nationalists and Progressives position to improve when the uncounted votes and preference distributions are taken into account. Sir Cm. Fuller and Mr Lang both romped home with big majorities. SYDNEY. June 1. Sir Geo. Fuller is sanguine that lie will have a working majority when the absentee and postal votes have been counted and preferences have been distributed.

Tip, Ministers generallv arc hopeful that the Government’s position will im-

prove ns the count progresses. C !ialley's scat is safe. Mr Lang asserts Labour has forty-six seats in the new 'Parliament. It had a splendid (bailee of gaining two other seats and the party would therefore he in a position to form a ministry independent of ail other parties. The “He! aid" for. asts the final result will he : —Lalxnir forty-six seats, anti-Lihour forty-four. The ’‘Telegraph 1 ” reverses the above figures. The aggregate votes polled show 433.f.,i- anti-Labour and 410.919 for Lalxnir. For the second time within AYagga’s history a t flood has occurred on polling day. The last instance was in 1891. On Saturdav the waters were within a few feet of the palling booth and the voting is stated to have been teit light, amounting to only twenty-five per cent. At North AYagga the poll was postponed. AAagga residents will he able to vote there as absentees.