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Hokitika Guardian, 11 April 1927, Page 3

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Australian it N.X. Cable Association.] Vit TOR lAN ELECTIONS. MELBOURNE. April 11. Latest reports show Labour lias won twenty-nine seals. Nationalists .seventeen. Country Party ten. Returns of other smaller parlies, about half a dozen others still in doubt. Tiie Government are apparently defeated. M Kl.liOU RN F. April 1(1. The Victorian elections were held yesterday in line weather. There were no less than live parties of independents. ibis variety of (undulates resulted in many i-ui-ihroat contests, yind also weakened tile anli-Lahniiriti s’ ( chances. I In several instances, the endorsed I candidates of liolli wings of the Government’s party, winch includes Nationalists and the main Country Party, opnasod each other. On the other hand, the Progressives have split from the Country Party, while Die Liberals are a new party, whoso duel aim i- to bring about government ny 1 oiiiiiiissioii. When tiie counting 1 losid ins! night, the retains were far from complete, and there were wide changes possible. However, il was indicated that the Labour Party had gained ground, and that 11 had a chance of displacing the (invernmeiit. Mr Eggh stone, the Minister of Education. lias apparently heel! defeated ill St. Kiida by Mr Gray, a Labourite. The latesl incomplete figures show that the Labour Party has won, or is leading in. thirty-one scats, while the Nationalists are ahead in ninteeii. seats .tin- Country Pnrlv in nine seats.

tlie Country Progressive in two. t Ti<* Liberals, in two. and the independents in two. WEST!’ AL! A N FLECTIONS. PERTH. April H». I Polling lor the four remaining elec-; ter,-ites took place yesterday. The final . results are not yet known. .MECHANICAL HARKS. | SYDNEY. April 10. j The first trials of the mechanical 1 hare on the Upping racecourse yesterday were highlv successful. Sixty unschooled dogs took to the new snort remarkably well, following their quarry with the same eagerness as if it were a real hare. MOTOR CYCLING. SYDNEY. April 10. At the Speedway races, the Gold Helmet event of six laps resulted in S Eiders heating Spencer Stratton by half a length in. 3 mins 22 I—s sees. In the Speedway Handicap. .Stratton beat Elders by a quarter of a lap. VICTORIAN ELECTION (Received this dav at 1P.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE. April 11. The latest, election figures give Labour thirty seats. Nationalists nineteen. Country Party ten. Country Progressive two. Australian Liberals one, Independent three. The only successful Liberal was the Mayor of St. KildP, Burnett, who defeated tiie AttorneyGeneral, Eggleston. Compared with last Parliament Labour gained two seats, N'M lonalists, whose party were included, five. Independent Liberals lost lour. Country Party lost one. Country Progressives and Independents both gained one. WESTR A LIA N EI zKCTIONS. PERTH. April 11. The West Australian elections were completed when tlie sitting members for tlie four north-west seats were returned with substantial majorities. The state of the parties in tlie new Parliament is Labour Party twentysix. United Parly sixteen, Country Party seven, doubtful one.