FEDERAL ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 69, 15 December 1919, Page 9

FEDERAL ELECTIONS

'• PREFERENTIAL VOTING SYSTEM DELAYS ; RESULTS SOME HAZARDS : ' By Telegraph—Preps Association-Copyright (Rec. December 14,' 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, December 13. Polling is proceeding quietly. Offing • to the delav caused by the preferential .voting system, tho incomplete figures preclude a reliable forecast regarding the strength. ■••!' parties. Both sides express satisfaction with the present results, but there seems '■ every possibility that tho I Nationalists will .secure a working maioritv in the House of liepresentatives, despite the fact that an attempted analysis shows that Labour will have thirtycisrht scats, tho Nationalists thirty-one, and the farmers' Party six. i Mr. ifughes, Mr Ryan, Mr. Tudor, , and Sir Joseph Cook appear to bo 6afe. i Tho Senate vote indicates that Senators Russell. Webster, and Poynton may lose their seats. \ ' The New South Wales referendum figures, on the legislative powers proposal resulted :— Yes 780 . No: '. 2167- ' On the monopolies proposal:— Yes CM No 2078 ' Tho inter-Stato returns are not yet available.—Press Assn. ' • • (Ttec. December 15, 0.55 a.m.) . i , , Sydney, December 14. Although tho exact figures were not available at a lato hour to-night, the latest returns indicate that the position of tho parties is about equal. It is impossible to forecast tho result of the referendum. Tho figures so far are:— "Legislative Pocvers." Yes 51;555 No - J >.. 74,336 "Monopolies." \ Yes 45,027 No «. 69,127 BRUTAL ATTAQTON A CANDIDATE ' MOB PARTY'S IDEA O.F PAIR PLAY (Rec. December 14, 5.5 p.m.) Hobart, December 13. Mr. Laird Smith, Nationalist candidate ■' for Denison. was brutally attacked while attempting to address a crowd in the centre of the city. Eggs and stones were thrown, 'and windows .broken. , police dispersed the mob. Mr. Smith was sent to hospital in a seriou? condition—Press Assn. LIQUOR' LEGISLATION -IN .TASMANIA. , Hobjrt, December 13. The Assembly has passed the Licenses Seduction Bill, which provides for compensation to come out of the trade. The proposal to take a referendum on the auestion of prohibition with' compensation br the State was defeated—Preiss Assn.'