IRISH ELECTIONS.
GOVERNMENT DEFEAT. Ministry to Go. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, June 16. Mr Cosgrave announces that he is not forming a Government, owing to his party being in a minority. COSGRAVE ’sTa.TTITUDE. A FAIR ONE. (Received June 17 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 11. President Cosgrame is taking up the attitude that those who were in opposition in the last Dail Eircann, meaning the Labour Party and the other gorups arc now in the majority, while his own party is in a minority.
Mr. Cosgrave adds: “As the President is elected by the majority of the Dail, my forming a Government would be a usurpation of the rights of the House. ’ ’ MANY DEPOSITS LOST. (Received June 17 at 8 p.m.) (Times Cable.) LONDON, June 17. The Times states that 88 candidate?, in the Irish Free State elections forfeited their deposits of £lOO each, failing to secure the quota of votes necessary to secure' election.
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Grey River Argus, 18 June 1927, Page 5
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