BRITISH POLITICS
THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. / (By CiH».—Pre»* A*soeiat ; on.—CopyTieht; (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association.) (Reuter's Telegram*.) T-rONDON, December 16. Apart from the strength of the women s vote, the uncertainty of the soldiers' vote makes it impossible to forecast the result. Individual soldiers in Britain polled strongly. The returning officers received sacks of ballot papere from the camps prior to December 14th, and the soldiers still have a fen- days to vote, hence the candidates assured of a local triumph admit that the soldiers may upset calculations. Proxy voting on behalf of sailors and soldiers abroad is apparently a failure.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16398, 18 December 1918, Page 8
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