LABOUR IN POLITICS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 4 October 1909, Page 7

LABOUR IN POLITICS.

;:;.,QUEENSLAND CONFLICT. »; COALjTION MINISTRY WELL- AHEAD. . : v::t :v:^;:yi^BOUß, ; :;.::■;■;;■; ; (By- Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.) ' Yr \'/:(Rcc, '0ct0ber'3, ; .5.5 p.m.) ■/, ■'■■'. ;' .: ' ;' Brisbane, October 2, : ; Tho State elections .to-day, produced an exciting: struggle', Abetweon 'the Ministerialists (Kidaton-Philp coalition), tho Labour party (led.by/Mr» Bowman), and the Blnirites or Independent Opposition (followers of Mr. Blair, ii' formeri.'Minisfer). '..',';■■ ■';..'■':•.'.;' '.'.:; - .;,The. returns' aro incomplete. / The' Ministry ciirritd the; Metropolitan area. , Tho Blairites were; wiped' out. Labour, chiefly at the : /expense :of,thp Blairites, gained five.seats. .. ,:'Mr; Kidston.wha at Inst eloction headed'the poll at (which returns two members), had'.to'. bo ! xontent with ; Becond place -ifiereriirhile His colleague, Mr. Philp, at.Townsvillo (Wo , menibers) had a great struggle to securo .second; place.; labour headed tho poll at ■..■; '.'....: y l :: : ; '■'■ '.■'■...; ■':•'': .. So far-returns.-show: labour 28, ■ Ministerialist) 10,' Independent 4/:; ■;.;. ;. .'-''-.V- •'.' ■'." ; ;, LABOUIV; OUSTS ONE'MINISTER; ;^ ■;VH::; : 1me1 PHILP;SQUEEZES IN;.' ■ ~;; : ; v••■;;.:•: ■i, 0.22 a.ni.) ; ; ■■:,[ /'.■;•• ! ii'7l '<} •V. , ,;,"'-v '■'■ 'i'',';' .'Brisbane, .October 3.';. ; Though jinany, .returnsare'' still incomplete, anil some ;tnay.. be altered, the latest ■ returns showl-r '■':;■'*' ■'"■: ■■' ■■" - : ". ■ : "" ■'.''■•'-'" j ';.•'•' ■"■ : '/'- : ' •;W Ministerialists •:-■„;■;'v....';■;..,: n J : '4o; \;;. ■J. Labour i'j'r'c..: -;••„;' \j:..:: : '..i':-'[ : '..:' : -2iy ,-.l "■'■■*£. Independent'/ y..v - i.. ;..: ''i,. ■ 4 -V : " : ; .Minister'for Mines, lost tho 'Kennedy: 6Wt : to'. Mr. O'Sulliyan (Labour).".■'"; '■} Air thd''o'thejf'.Ministers ;aro either'/returned or-.their'.seatk !aro considered .safe.. .' ' , . - : ;; i l ' Mr.. Philp,'ftt i '.TonTisTille,' squeezed in -.be two'r labour candidates; '■'■.";■■■.:'■'■''■ '■'' . V.Mr..'. : Peter ■Aireyr-who. was' Home Secretary in.a:fprmer.Kidston .Ministry, which he left on' account of;the.fusion with Sir. Philpiand.ffh'o. in'this-cariipaign figured, as an /■lndependent cindidato^was.'defeated' at South; ' ■ UNIONISM AND-THE NEW SOUTH i^ ;.-; ; ;,; ':■■<;.* \ ;7v MEvFJSnEE'S.-CLAIM -TO CONSISTENCY. .'.V.V; , ''.'^'";';'.'(Hcc. , ' , .October' i, 1.5 a.m.).'.■''.''■'■"'',''. : ; :V'.A;{:;y;w; ■!;:/•.:.;':%' 'Syldney,vpctpDer' 3.'; ■;'Speakings at : ,'tHe ;Eight ..Hour ..Air; Wade,/ State Premier/; in combating'. tho, prog-, nosticatiori 'that.'the ; New South, , .^Vales, Indus'trial ■.-Act';- had .'.'struck: a;■ .blow . at Unionism,]; quoted'.figures, tp.'sbqw. that; in 1905 there were 1 -: 137/ unions' in.tho .State; : and , .last year^i'thbre;: l were '153,' with/very largely: sin-, : creased;.men\bership; ; V;;i/';-. : -;:'■■'./ ;-'\'"'' : : .- : -'-l'A' ■ I Mr. fisher, Leader:, ; 'of ,the Federal Xabbjir partyi': with"..'regard. to. industrialism,. : that'. the; Labour •'party's had not. once , .retracted its 11 !steps'!'with, any/loss'; fif.; dignity.;. ':';!. -I /(:.