FEDERAL ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 5

FEDERAL ELECTIONS

MR BRUCE? S DEFEAT. A HEAVY POLL. (Australian Press Association) MELBOURNEI, Oct. 18. The final figured from the Prime Minister’s - electorate of Flinders, are as follows: Mr E. J. Holloway (Labour) .. 31,379 Mr S. M. Bruce (Premier) ... 31,052 Majority for Holloway 327 There was a 95 per c<jnt. poll in the electorate. HUGHES’S BIG MAJORITY.. • SYDNEY, Oct. 18. At trie declaration of the North Sydney poll to-day, Mr W. M. Hughes, who defeated Dr Nott by over 12,003 votes, said: “This contest will remain the uppermost in my mind. I stand as one who always thought of Australia and its ideals, and while the Labour Party stands for those principles it will have my support.” A message has arrived from Western Australia saying that the endorsed Nationalist candidate, Mr Nairn, ha 9 won the Perth seat held by Mr Mann, one of the Government breakaways.

BANKER’S FEARS NOT WARRANTED. NEW YORK, Oct. 18. Mr L. Baillieu, of Melbourne, gave-n statement to the American press regarding the Australian Election, “It has been suggested to me here that bankers are in fear industrialists will he disturbed. The suspicion arises from a wrong idea. Two things are certain;.the Labour Party will put a lot of drive into the development of .the country, and secondary industries, and seek'a safe line in finance. The City of London has accepted Mr MacDonald’s note with complete equanimity. I feel sure that th® cities of New York and London can with equal confidence accept the Labour Administration in Australia.”