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QUEENSLAND ELECTION. BRISBANE, May 9. 'the latest returns make it apparent that the state of the parties will Iks: Labour 44 Coalition 28 Delayed returns may slightly alter this. The scat of .the Nationalist Leader appears to he in danger. BRISBANE, May <J. Yesterday was the occasion of the General Election for the Queensland State Parliament. The elections passed off quietly.
Most of the returns, however, are still far from complete.
The indications arc that the Labour Party is well maintaining the lead which it held in the last Parliament. The Labourites are likely not only to retain all the seats which they have previously held, blit to capture some of the seats of the Opposition, whose hopes of improving their position now appear to have been badly disappointed. All the Cabinet Ministers are regarded its safe. SHEFFIELD SHIELD. ADELAIDE, .May 8. A conference of New South \\ ales, Victorian, and South Australian Cricked Associations decided to admit Queensland to the- Sheffield Shield competition, also Lo play out ai! Sheffield matches, and to leave Ihc question of covering the wicket lo (he individual States. SHORTAGE OF FAT STOCK. SYDNEY, May 8. The prices for fat stork are already high in New South. Wales and are c\pecled 1.0 go higher during Hie winter. Available supplies are short ami the scarcity is enhanced by railway I nicking facilities being below the requirements. 'l’lie shortage o! lat slock is nioro pronounced in \ ieforia and South Australia and all three Stales are drawjpg heavily on Queensland sources of supply. ARCHBISHOP dead. HOBART, .May 8. Obituary.—Roman Catholic Archbishop, Patrick Delaney, aged To.
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