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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 139, 14 June 1932, Page 7

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AUBURN SEAT. LANG CONSTITUENCY. Rumoured Irregularities In Election. OPPONENTS STILL HOPEFUL. (United P.A. —Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 0.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The new Parliament will be called together for business on Tuesday of next week if S5 of the 90 election writs are returned by then. Parliament cannot meet if more than five writs arc outstanding. The choice of the new Cabinet will be left in the hands of the two leaders, Mr. Stevens and Mr. Bruxner. The Parliamentary United Australia party decided on this unanimously, and with the United Country party, this system has always been in vogue. However, in the absence of an official announcement it is believed that Mr. Stevens' provisional Cabinet, formed after Mr. Lang's dismissal, will become permanent and that a couple-of additional, necessary portfolios will be created by the Premier himself. The decision on the subject will be taken to-morrow. A recount of the votes in the Auburn electorate, Mr. Lang's seat, is being made, following rumours of irregulari- j ties. Mr- P. E. Coleman's supporters are still confident that he will win. New Faces in Parliament. Already 32 new faces are certain to be seen in the next Parliament. The fate of the few doubtful seats is not likely to be decided until the checking of the preferences has been completed. Further counting of postal and absentee votes yesterday made little change in Saturday's figures. If anything, it strengthened the positions of the anti-Labour candidates. The latest estimates confirm the week-end prediction that the state of parties in the new Legislative Assembly will be:— Government 05 Opposition 25 An unexpected feature of the country polling was the fact that the United Australia party polled heavier than the United Country party in a number of constituencies contested by both. Only entirely industrial seats in the metropolitan and Newcastle districts were retained by the Lang forces.

ENGLISH COMMENT. GRATIFICATION EXPRESSED. ("Times" Cables.) LONDON, June 13. "The Times," commenting upon the double election in Australia, says: "The solider Labour elements in New South Wales emphatically repudiated Mr. Lang because apparently they felt that Langism must be crushed if the movement ever was to regain its former hold. The result is especially gratifying to the Commonwealth Government, whose policy of honest finance was almost impossible of fulfilment while Mr. Lang was in control of the State. "Gratification must be tempered with regret that Mr. Moore was defeated in Queensland, but Mr. Forgan Smith, the Labour leader, is 1 moderate, and has refused to associate himself with Mr. Lang. The city's markets will reopen to-day under the Cheerful news of the New South Wales election, the result of which cannot fail to enhance Australia's credit." The "Morning Post," in an editorial article headed "Auld Lang Syne," says: "The New South Wales election concerned us all. The result vindicates the action both of the Commonwealth and the Crown. It ends the tyranny of the Trades Hall, repudiates repudiation, and, as Mr. Stevens justly claims, vindicates the honour of the State." The "Daily Telegraph" says: "The Lang blight has been removed by one of the most sweeping electoral decisions in the history of Australia. The success of moderate Labour in Queensland in no way diminishes the importance of the defeat of Langism. "These two decisions complete the destruction of the movement which threatened the whole financial future of Australia and the continuance of the federal union."

OPINION IN N.Z. MR. FORBES PLEASED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, expressed his pleasure at the jfeat of the Lang party in the New South Wales election in an interview yesterday. "I am glad to know that the people of New South Wales did not support in any way the disastrous policy outlined by Mr. Lang. The news about New South Wales is very encouraging, and will give investors in colonial stocks in the Old Country a greater feeling of security. "The Queensland result was always on the cards. The previous Government had a programme of economy, and it was always possible that the Opposition would score as a result of this. However, as the Labour party in Queensland is standing by the Premiers' Plan, the result cannot be criticised too much." The Mayor of Christchurch, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, M.P., said:_ "The thing that has surprised and disappointed me in connection with the election is the apparent complete failure of the Federal Labour party. If as a result of the defeat of Mr. Lang the State Labour party in New South Wales re- ljusts its position and accepts discipline from the Federal Labour party, good will have come out of evil, so far as Labour is concerned."

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