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POLITICAL CONTEST.

NEW SOUTH WALES ELECTION. LABOR PARTY’S PRODIGALITY. Sydney, March 9. Many brands of politics are represented by the 298 candidates nominated for the *9O seats at the New South Wales elections, which ard to be held on March 25. It is unlikely that anti-Labor votes will be wasted on the innumerable *£democratic” and “independent” candidates, and- the Coalition party will present a solid front against Labor in the nine metropolitan constituencies, each of which returns five members. To this extent, therefore, the votes will test the strength of the forces supporting the Dooley-McGirr combination. The position in the country., is not so favorable for the anti-Labor .forces. Each of the 15 country electorates returns three candidates, and because of differences in the anti-Labor ranks, Coalition candidates will be opposed in every instance by Progressive, as well as by Labor nominees.

There is not much doubt that the block vote or party ticket plumping will predominate. The proportional representation system demands the preferential numbering of the candidates by the electors in order of preference. Advocates of the system declared that the failure at its first trial of 50 per cent, of the electors to vote was caused by their being required to number every 'candidate on the ballot paper. The Act was amended so that now electors may vote for their party candidates only. Proportional voting is disliked by all, but Labor will stick to it because it gives its candidates the advantage of being required to win only a proportion of the total, and not a majority. The principal trouble is likely to arise among the squads sent into battle -by the different parties. .Each candidate wants No. 1 opposite hfe name on the ballot paper. Gaining that lead the transfers that follow are all his gain. Endless wrangling, as at the last elections, is expected, and much political throat-cutting is likely in the struggle for the prize of £875 a year. The campaigning has been distinguished so far by the remarkable efforts being made by the Government to gain points. The Opposition tells the people that they are on the road to ruin and bankruptcy under Labor, quoting what appears to the ordinary man as almost unanswerable figures; but the Laboi* Treasurer replies by stating that they are on the high road to prosperity'. The Premier (Mr. Dooley) has been descibed as being in a condition of political delirium, because of the prodigality of h : promises. If he wins it will mean a hard time ahead in compromising with his supporters to whom he is promising so much.

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Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1922, Page 12

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POLITICAL CONTEST. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1922, Page 12

POLITICAL CONTEST. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1922, Page 12

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