LABOUR LEADS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 1 June 1925, Page 9

LABOUR LEADS.

NEW SOUTH WALES ELECTIONS.

PREMIER STILL CONFIDENT

NEWSPAPER FORECASTS,

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(Received June 1, 10.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 1. Sir George Fuller is sanguine that he will have a working majority when the absentee and postal votes have been counted and preferences have been distributed. Cabinet Ministers generally are hopeful that the Government’s position will improve as the court progresses. Capt. Chaffey’s seat is safe. Mr Lang asserts that Labour will have 46 seats in the new Parliament, also that it 'has a splendid chance of gaining two others. The party would therefore be in a position to form a Ministry independent of all other parties. , The Herald forecasts that tlie final result will be: Labour 46 seats, and anti-Labour 44. The Telegraph reverses the figures. The aggregate votes polled show that 433,333 were for anti-Labour and 419.919 for Labour. FLOOD ON POLLING DAY. (Received June 1, 10.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 1. For the second time in Wagga’s history, a flood occurred on polling day. The last instance was in 1891. 011 Saturday the waters were within a few feet of‘the celling booth. Voting is stated to have been very light, amounting to only 25 per cent. At North AVagga the poll ivas postponed. Wagga residents will he able to vote there as absentees. ,