BIGGER ELECTORATE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 677, 31 May 1929, Page 1

BIGGER ELECTORATE

BOOTHS OPEN TILL NINE O’CLOCK

RESULTS WILL BE LATER

( Australian and K.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Thursday.

The electors of Britain this morning began their task of electing a new Parliament.

The party organisers considered the weather to be a most important factor from the point of view of the women’s votes. The day broke fair but cloudy.

Two hundred and six, results are expected to he declared tonight or in the early hours of Friday morning. These include 37 London boroughs, 134 English boroughs, 22 English counties, seven. Welsh and six Scottish seats. Owing to'the increase in the size of the electorate the polling stations will remain open until 9 p.m. Therefore, the results will be later than in past years. Still the returning officers in cities like Manchester and Birmingham are certain to maintain their reputation for smart counting.

However, the earliest result can hardly be expected before 11 p.m. and the majority after midnight. The Conservatives are prepared to face the fact that the first hatch of results may be less favourable to the Government than those to be declared on Friday. All authorities agree that it would not he wise to base any estimate as to the final result upon the returns declared tonight. Nevertheless there may he straws showing which way the wind is blowing. The British Broadcasting Corporation is to broadcast the results until 4 a.m. on Friday, interspersed with musical items.