SOUTH AFRICA.
THE ELECTIONS TO-DAY. A BITTER CONTEST. Received Oct. 19, 5.5 p.m. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, Oct. 18. The Times' correspondent at Capetown says there is unparalleled bitterness over the elections. Out of 130 seats only eight are not contested. There is a complete split in tyic old South African party, as indicated by an analysis of the contests. There, are 86 Ministerialists, 83 Nationalists, 39 Unionists, and 49 Labor contests, and only three three-cornered contests, where the parties have put aside their differences until the war is finished, for the purpose of combating the common enemy. The Nationalist speakers' malignity has aroused furious antagonism, towards General Botha, particularly among the poorer and more ignorant Dutch, and it is impossible to predict Wednesday's results. A severe Labor set-back is expected, tnd it is thought that Ministerialists will muster 50 members, which, if there are nearly 30 Unionists, will command the Hou- -
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1915, Page 5
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154SOUTH AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1915, Page 5
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