MAJORITY OF SIX
FOR GOVERNMENT PARTIES FREE STATE ELECTIONS. THE FINAL RETURNS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received 1.5 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Sept. 20. Tho final returns of the Irish Free State elections give the Government a majority of six. The state of the paities are: Government. Cosgraveites 61 Farmers 6 Independents 14 Total 79 Opposition. Fiannn Fail 57 Labour- 13 National League Communists 1 Total 73 Questioned regarding the possibility of an alliance with Labour and the National League, Air. De Valera said that, as it had not existed before the election, it would not be likely now. A.P.A. and “Sun.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 September 1927, Page 11
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