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MB SCULLIN RESIGNS. UNITED PARTY LEADER TO SUCCEED. MAJORITY. (CHIT*!* PSJS3 ASSOCIATION—BT tLECTRtC TELEGRAPH—COPYHIGHT.) (Received December 21st, 5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, December 21. The Prime Minister, Mr J. H. Scullin, has tendered his resignation and advised the Governorgeneral, Sir Isaac Isaacs, to sum--mon Mr J. A. Lyons (Leader of tie United Australia Party), -who leaves Launceston to-morrow for Canberra. A Sydney message reports: In- • eluding tho probable results of several seats still in some doubt, the composition of the new House of Representatives is estimated as follows: GOVERNMENT SIDE. United Australia Party .. 38 Country Party .. 16 Independents .. 2 Total •. .. .. ,56 OPPOSITION. < Jederal Labour .. .. 13 Lang-Plan Labour .. 6 Total .. .. 19 Majority for anti-Labour forces .. 37 Of the doubtfuls two or three nay Anally turn out differently . from the present indications. Distribution of Votes. The total votes for the Parties thus far in each State are as follows: — New South Wales. United Parties .. .. 490,000 Federal Labour .. 132,000 Long-Plan Labour .316,000 Independents .. .. 23,000 Victoria. t United Parties .. 441,000 Federal Labour , . 255,000 Independents .. .. 58,000 South Australia. • Waited. Parties .. 143,000 Federal Labour .. 84,000 Independents .. .. 3,000 Queensland. ' United Parties .. 114,000 Federal Labour .. 134,000 ' Communist .. .. 5,000 : ■ Western Australia. United Parties .. 40,000 Federal Labour „36,000 Others . .. .. 5,000 Tasmania. ! United Parties ... 62,000 Federal Labour .. 21,000 Mr E. G. Nelson, Federal Labour candidate, w»# re-elected the Northern Territory representative. (He may take frt in debates in the House of BepreIjtatmj, but is not permitted to w j|ING FROM EXTREMISM. QUEENSLAND . VIEW. - * BRISBANE, December 21. 2T» "Brisbane Courier," commentpn the General Election result, '/The victory of the Australian imntry Parties is a m of the swing from an, and Communism, >us elements in AusThe reel recovery of ii will begin with the ho new Government, here Labour was reble it has been conin Queensland, the dminded and sane een unqualified." R SENATE. AT OF LABOUR CATED. iber 21st, 8.45 p.m.) NEY, December 21. Nt proceeds steadily, sing that the United ill win 15 of the _lB ir Party retaining !■ LABOUR. D FOR NEW tNMENT. ber 21st, 11.30 p.m.) )ON, December 21. r papers feature the i results and como£ the Socialists and ind finance, iegraph" says: The II be represented at ;cs determined to do ike the conference.a vr Government will 1 to make reciprocal any Labour Governd to possess. NEWSPAPER SflON. •EM CRITICISED. ier 21st. 10.25 p.ru.) EY, December 21. he organ of the Party, comments: [ a policy which the hey now await soiuowhich has not yet Ir Lyons will be :iv6 service in the ng employment anu r? unless he resorts iraent of the private hich Labour wishes le whole world is at under the burden of and credit system, lefented on fictitious e recalled when the its blunder."