DOUBTFUL SEATS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 234, 2 October 1940, Page 8

DOUBTFUL SEATS.

FEDERAL ELECTION.

Party Conference Postponed

Till Monday. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Reed. 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Following a telephone conversation with the Australian Labour party leader, Mr. J. Curtin, in Perth, yesterday, Mr. R. G. Menzies, Prime Minister, announced that the conference of political party leaders called for Friday has been postponed till Monday, when it is expected that all doubtful seats will be resolved and the true state of parties known.

The distribution of preferences in three of the six doubtful New ¥>outh Wales Federal seate has resulted in the defeat of the Government retiring candidate, Mr. J. Jennings, in Watson electorate

by the official Labour candidate, Mr. S, Falstein, bv 2400 votes.

The official Labour candidate, Mr. J. B. Chifley, has defeated the retiring Government representative, Mr. J. N. Lawson, in Maequarie by 8000 votes.

The official Labour candidate, Mr. C. Morgan, defeated the retiring non-Com-munist Labour member, Mr. J. Gander, in Reid constituency, by 2341 votes. Mr. Gander was a member of the Beasley Labour "non-Communist" group, and this reduces it to four in the House of Representatives.

The Robertson seat has been won for the Government by Mr. E. Spooner, from the retiring Government member, Mr. E. Gardner, by only 345 votes. Mr. Spooner was a Minister in the former Stevens' New South Wales Cabinet.

The Hume seat has been retained by the retiring Country party member, Mx. T. Collins, whose majority over the nearest opponent, the official Labour candidate, Mr. C. Nolan, wae 920 votes.

NAZIS' NEW TACTICS.

EXPERIMENTS ON LONDON. British Official Wireless. (Reed. 2.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 1. Six times on Tuesday, the Germans sent hordes of 50 planes to raid England. Some reached the London area but most were turned back or chased. A few bombs were dropped.

Experts think the raiders were on an extensive reconnaissance. New routes to London were tried. The first batch made a circular eweep to the Thames Estuary from the Kent coast. The midday raider's crossed the Narrows and circled to enter London by the northwest.

The afternoon raiders tried the direct route to the south of London or split into small parties to embarrass British fighters. Very few were able to reach even the fringe of London.

JAP. NAVY REVIEW.

(Reed. 11.30 a.m.)

TOKYO, Oct. 1

The Navy has announced that a special review, commemorating the nation's 2600 th anniversary, will be held off Yokohama harbour on October 11.