"A SWEEPING VICTORY”
EXTRA EDITION.
FOR GOVERNMENT PARTY.
WHAT DR EARLE PAGE SAYS. MAN DATE FROM THE PEOPLE. BV CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION- COPYRIGHI Received Nov. 16, 12.15 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 16. The pod was the heaviest in the history of Australia, most of the electorates polling over 80 per cent. The Telegraph suys:i‘‘The vote of the people of the Commonwealth amply justifies Mr Bruce’s appeal to the country. Mr Charlton, who accepted the challenge, has been effectively silenced. Hi s bluff has been called and Mr Bruce has been given a clear mandate to go straight ahead with the task he set himself.” An analysis of the votes cast shows that there were 1.454,000 against Labour, and 1,100,000 for Labour. Dr Earle Page, commenting on the result, said: “The prospects were bright and Australia had given the Government.a mandate to proceed with government on the lines of the policy placed before the electors. The Government could claim a sweeping victor v.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 November 1925, Page 9
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