TASMANIAN ELECTIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 422, 13 June 1922, Page 5

TASMANIAN ELECTIONS.

PARTIES FAIRL YEVEN. HOBART, June 12. The ejection figures for all tho divisions are incomplete as thousands ol absent and postal votes have to be counted. Until this is done the quotas cannot be arrived at. I’resent appearance. l - point lo a. fairly equal representation of Nationalists and Labourites with a chance of the Nationalists gaining a majority of one or two. The Country Party seems certain to hold the balance ol power.—-Press Association. PREMIER DISAPPOINTED. COUNTRY PARTY BLAMED. Received June 13, 12.5 p.m. HOBART, Juno 13. The. election position is still obscure. _ ft. is expected dun the checking and counting of tho absent votes will be completed on Thursday and the quotas struck. The Premier, when interviewed, staled that the results to date are disappointing. Moderate electors:, alarmed at the possibility of the Country Party obtaining iho balance of power, had swung over to Labour, which was torn wi'li dissension and would not have polled so heavily ,i it had been confronted by a united anti-Socialist party. The only course now was to throw the responsibility on the Country Party io say whether it would assist in maintaining a stable government for three years or have a fresh appeal to the electors in a few months.-Press Association.