THE N.S.W. ELECTIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 162, 18 October 1910, Page 5

THE N.S.W. ELECTIONS.

ANOTHER MINISTER DEFEATED. LEADERS RETICENT. Dy Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, October 17. The final returns for Bingara give McDonald (Labor) a majority of forty over Mr. Moore (Minister of Lands). There is a possibility of Labor winning the St. Leonard's seat on the second ballot. I lie leaders on both sides are reticent pending the completion of the returns. There will probably be a Cabinet meeting to-day and to-morrow to discuss the situation. The liquor party is jubilant at what it claims is a strong set-back to the nolicense movement. Mr. Bovee admits that his party has not received the support anticipated from the electors. CABINET'S POSITION. Received 18, 12.50 a.sn. Sydney, Last Night. Cabinet discussed the political situation, and decided to await the final returns before taking any definite steps. THE LIQUOR POLL. FOURTEEN ELECTORATES FAVOR REDUCTION. Received 17, 11.20 p.m. Sydney, Last Night. On the present figures, many being still incomplete, fourteen electorates, including Allowrie, appear to have secured reduction. AUowrie's later returns destroy any hope of no-license being carried. The Sydney Daily Telegraph, commenting on the situation, says the poll indicates, in its opinion, that in the majority of electorates reduction of licenses is not a process to be repeated every three years, but when once the hotels are cut down to meet the legitimate requirements of a district, there should be no further interference. A reasonable deduction can be drawn from the emphatic expression against even reduction, that the electorates as a whole have refused to listen to appeals in favor of Nolicense. , WHAT VICTUALLERS THINK. THE ALLIANCE SPEAKS. A NEW ZEALANDER'S OPINION. Received 18, 12.30 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. *Mr. Sutton, president of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, claiirte a great victory for the trade. The election proves, he said, that the people love liberty, and' when it is endangered they speak with a large vote. He never thought for one moment they would vote otherwise. "They won't be dictated to by the pulpit or press," concluded Mr. Sutton. Mr. Bovce, addressing l the State Council of the New South Wales Alliance, said that while there was no important victory to chronicle, the liquor interest had been to some extent weakened by further reductions and were unable to stay the progress of reform, notwithstanding enormous expenditure. Received 18, 12.57 a.m. Mr. Nicholls, a New Zealand temperance advocate, attributes the position to the Labor and liquor interests voting together. The same thing, he said, happened in New Zealand, but Labor afterwards dropped the trade and declared war against it. In the last Parliament the Government party totalled 53, as against 37 in the ranks of the Labor Party, Mr. Wade having the fairly substantial majority of 16 on which to rely. Sir James Graham, the prominent Ministerialist, who was defeated for Surrey Hills, is an Edinburgh man, and is a member of the medical profession. He •has held numerous public posts, including that of medical superintendent of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney; "lecturer on obstetrics in the Sydney University, president and 1 founder of the Surgical Appliances Aid Society, founder of the Sydney Women's Hospital, and first president of the New South Wales 'Dental Board. He was president of the Citizens' Vigilance Committee during the outbreak of plague in Sydney in 1900, and for some years served as vice-presi-dent of the Liberal a»d Reform Association. He was created a Knight Bachelor on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales, now King George, to the Commonwealth, being then Lord Mayor of Sydney. From 1594 to 1901 he represented Belmore in the Legislative Assembly, and from August, 1907, he represented the Surrey Hills constituency. Mr. Samuel Wilkinson Moore, the Minister of Lands, who has been ousted by 'Mr. McDonald at Bingara, is a native of Fiji. For some time he was assistantmaster of the High School at Goulburn, and later settled at the Tingha tinfield. where re remained till 1885. From 1885 to 1889 he represented Inverell in the Legislative Assembly, and since 1894 he sat for the constituency for which he has just been defeated. He was 'Minister of Agriculture in the Carruthers Government from August. 1904, to October, 1907, when lie joined the Ministry formed bv Mr. Wade. Mr. James Alexander Hogue, the Minister of Education, who was defeated for Glebe by Mr. Thomas Keegan, the Labor candidate, is a journalist bv profession. ' He began his journalistic career on the literary staff of the Maitland Mercury, i and in 1875 he joined the staff of • the Sydney Evening News and the , Town and Country journal. For ten j years he was editor of the Evening News. ' In 1894 lie was elected for Glebe as a I supporter of Sir George Reid. He was ' Minister of Public Instruction in the Reid . Government from August, 1904, to May, ' 1007, when he became a member of the reconstructed Government under Mr. C. > G. Wade.