COMMONWEALTH ELECTIONS
RETURNS STILL INCOMPLETE. _ SIR W. LYNE'S SEAT. , . """" . j By Cabie—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, June 18. ' The counting of absent Votes is except tionallv slow. No returns have come in from Home since Friday, ttheil tkel'C were 1000 uncounted votes, ai\d the Liberal candidate was leadihg by <sso. There is thus still a fighting chance for Sir William Lyiic to retain the seat. This would destroy the apparent Liberal majority of one. In the Victorian elections for the Senate, Mr. McColl is holding second place, and the two other Liberal Senators are crawling up towards the Laborites who occupy the third and fourth places. Little over a thousand votes separates them. The votes polled at last election for the successful candidates were over 200,000. THE REFERENDA FIGURES. The referenda figures are slowly mounting, and the "Noes" are showing a majority on each' issue. Following are the present positions:— Trade and CommerceYes 820.382 No 958,500 Corporations— Yes 525.3G1 No 803,(KiS Industrial— Yes 823.061 No » 8(S3,8!)0 Railways— Yes ' 820,278 No 803,19G Trusts— Yes 735.452 No 850,480 Monopolies— Yes 790,310 No 823.469
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 11, 13 June 1913, Page 5
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179COMMONWEALTH ELECTIONS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 11, 13 June 1913, Page 5
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