FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
' MAJORITY OF TWO SEATS. CRITICAL; POSITION STATED. (United Press Association.—Copy right.) SYDNEY, September 30. A Government majority of not more , than two seats, and possibly a dead- : lock, with, the Government and Labour Parties in, equal numbers and Independents hold,jng the balance of power, are indicated in the latest, Federal election returns.. The Prime Minister, who had just returned to-day from a, few days’ rest, declined to discuss the formation of an all-party Government, saying he preferred to wait' until the election results wen? complete. This will probably he at the end of the week. Cabinet Ministers admit that a National. Government will be the only solution of. an extremely difficult situation.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 304, 1 October 1940, Page 8
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