THE VOTES POLLED

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 235, 17 September 1934, Page 7

THE VOTES POLLED

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NEWSPAPER COMMENT Workers Discard Labour Party (By Telegraph—Preus Ausn.—Copyright.) (Received 17, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 17. Of 2,966,143 votes so far counted, tho United Australia Party has secured 1,154,762, the Country Party 296,683, Federal Labour 796,412, State Labour 466,472, Douglas Credit 144,736, Communists 41,498. The remainder are for Socialists and Independents. The “Herald” gives the state of the parties as follows: United Australia Party 31 United Country Party Il Federal Labour 15 State Labour 7 Doubtful 10 Ths "Labour Daily” says; “State Labour Las a certain 10 seats, and possibly 12.' ’ The surprise of the latest count is the reversal of Mr. Mutch’s lead in Werriwa. On the figures it now appears that the seat will go to Mr. Luzzurini, State Labour. The "Herald,” in a leader, says: “As tho Labour Party lias discarded its old ideals, so workers everywhere are discarding the Labour Party. It no longer represents them. It belies the name it bore when they gave it their allegiance. There is in this State at all events no longer a labour party. What arrogates that title to itself is

a coterie grasping at power for the aggrandisement of one section of the workers as against all other sections, and in a mistaken sense of loyalty to the name of Labour men with naturally nothing but good will in their hearts to allow themselves to be dragooned into what, in a country where no privilege is recognised, must always be a hopeless class war. Interpreted in its right meaning this election was not defeat of labour, it was victory—a victory for the majority of the people, which is the same thing in this country as a majority of workers.”

The “Labour Daily,” in a leader, says: “The results of the voting afford every reason for the Labour Party in New South Wales to look forward to the immediate future with the greatest optimism. Labour demonstrated ou Saturday that it had consolidated its front during tho past eighteen months, so that to-day it has a united movement prepared to accept an undiluted Labour policy.”