FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2928, 27 April 1910, Page 19

FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

'DEAKIN CABINET RESIGNS. MELBOURNE, April 19. The Federal Cabinet meets to-day to discuss the situation. The Governor-General has arrived from Sydney, and will remain hero till political matters are adjusted. The Federal Cabinet met to-day and 'decided to resign. After the Cabinet meeting Mr Deakiri visited Lord Dudley and handed! in the Ministers' resignations. Be advised the Governor-General to send for Mr Fisher. The Ministers will hold office tuitil their sucoessors are appointed. Mr Deakin informed-Lord Dudley that the Ministers accepted the verdict of the electors as a forfeiture of confidence in them. Lord Dudley has wired to Mr Fisher, Who Will reach Melbourne on Monday. April 20. A.meeting of the Federal Labour party has .been called for Tuesday to discuss the situation and the selection of Ministers. April 21. There is a general impression that the new' Parliament will not meet before July. . April 22. Speaking at the declaration of the •Ballarat poll, Mr- Deakin promised the new Government fair treatment from the Opposition. There would be no war to the knife. FORFEITURE OF DEPOSITS. ■ SYDNEY, April 19. Three of the New South Wales Socialist candidates for the' Senate seem to be in a fair way to lose their. deposits. Some half dozen candidates for the House of Representatives are also considerably short of the requisite votes to save their deposits'. THE REFERENDUM. SYDNEY, April 19. The counting of the referendum vote is proceeding slowly. In New South Wales the "Noes" have now established a growing majority on both the ksues involved. THE LABOUR PROGRAMME. SPEECH BY. MR FISHER. BRISBANE, April 23. A great Labour rally was held here in the Exhibition Hall. The appearance of Mr Fisher and the three Labour Senators was the signal for tumultuous cheering. Mr Fisher declared that had the people been- consulted at the time the Fusion Government' was l formed, a Fusion Government would never have existed. Had. the late Government carried out its policy in regard to the Financial Agreement, it would have frustrated Australian progress. There was something even greater than the Teturn of the Labour members, and that was the rejection of the Financial Agreement. The new Labour' Government would proceed to carry, out its policy of the taxation of land values, because such taxation was economically sound and right. It would also proceed to adjust economic conditions, eo that the people who. desired .to draw wealth from the natural resources of the country would be.afforded reasonable opportunities to do so, and at the same time to open up avenues of employment for living in other parts of the world. As soon as Australia's economic conditions made it: possible for them to obtain a livelihood in Australia, all people of European descent would be welcomed in any number.bj the Labour party. As regarded Defence, the Labour party would proceed to carry out its programme. For ten years past he had said that if the people desired the country to be protected they must pay for it, and the mew Government would ask them to provide the necessary money. Within the next year there would' be at least one Labour daily paper in Australia, and within three year's there would be six Labour dailies established in the Commonwealth. STATEMENT BY SIR G. H. REID. LONDON, April 19, The Author's Club banqueted Sir G. E. Reid last night.

Referring to the Federal elections, Sir George said' that the Labour party of Australia was composed of a body of honourable men,'with patriotic feelings. Although there might be experiments which some would regard with apprehension, it waTs comforting to know that in the past Australia had had a number of daTing experiments, which the most advanced and enlightened nations had copied. Australia was young enough to afford political experiments, and if mistakes were made common-sense Australia was active enough to put things right.

DETAILS OF THE POLLING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) ! WELLINGTON, April 20. When the New Zealand steamer left Sydney on Saturday last the result of the polling in the Federal elections was as follows. An asterisk denotes former member, and a double asterisk that the returns are complete, with the exception ot the absent votes : j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ! NEW SOUTH WALES. 1 Barrier —* Josiah Thomas (Lab.), 8613; William Frederick ' Shepherd (Lib.), 1378. * * Ca'lare— * Thomas Br'chmn (Lab.), 10,339; 11. R. M. Pigott (Lib.), 8891. * * Cook —* James Howard Catts (Lab.),. 13,631; William Carnegie Clegg (Lib,), 7631; informal, 276. Cowper—*John Thomson (Lib.), 8519; Clement Johnson (Lab.), 3611; John O'Briene (I. i»ab.), 396. | ** Dalley Robert Howe (Lab.), 14,375; * William Henry Wilks (Lib.), 10,978, Darling— * William Guthrie Spence (Lab.), 9213; James George Carroll (Lib.), 4968. * ,v East Sydney—John Edward West (Lab.), 9732; Samuel Edward Lees (Lib.), 8014; informal, 46. Eden-Monaro —* Austin Chapman (returned unopposed). Gwydir— * William Webster (Lab.), 8178; Robert Patten . (Lib.), 5286. Hume —* Sir William Lyne (Ind.), 8833; Bernard James Grogan (Lib.), 5436. Hunter—Matthew Charlton (Lab.), 14,539; * Frank Liddell (Lib.), 9602. * * Illawarra * George Warburton Fuller (Lib.), 9745; George Mason Burns (Lab.), '9015. * * Lang— * William Elliott Johnston (Lib.),. 12,850'; Thomas Sampson Crawford (Lab.), 12,522; (30 absent votes to be -counted). Macquarie— * E. S. Carr (Lab.), 9199; Alfred Hugh B. Conroy (Lib.), 6980. * * Nepean—George Caim (Lab.), 10,922; *Eric Kendall Bowden (Lib.), 10.219. David Watkins (Lab.), 15.640; Frank Edgar Pulsford (Lib:), 5742; informal, 153. New England— * Frank James Foster (Lab.), 9526; Wm. Montgomerie Fleming (Lib.). 8447. * * North Sydney—George Bertram Edwards '(Lib.), Percy Edward Tighe (Lafe.), 7605; John Boyd Steel (Ind.). 279: * * Parkes— * Bruce Smith (Lib.), 10.542; Ernest Henry Burgess (Lab,), 8583; Herbert Edward Pratten (Ind.), 4943. ** ** * *"Parramatta— * Joseph Cook (Lib.), 11.285; Albert Edward Brone (Lab.), 5351. Richmond.—Walter Massev Greene (Lib.), 626 Q; Robert Pyers (Ind. Lab.h 5094: Nenour Vi<ra Nathan (Ind.), 3091; William Neal Gillies: (Lab.). 2565. Moore Chanter (Lab.), 7631; John Thomas Jackson (Lib.). 5175 ; Edmund Daniel O'Dwyer (Ind.), 366; informal, 148 Robertson. —William James Johrson (Lab.), 7838 : * Henry Willis (Lib,), 7312. * * South Sydney.—Edward Riley (Lab.), '12,595; Eden George (Lib.), 4400; informal, 163. * * Wentworth.—William Henry Kelly (Lib.), 11,153; Arthur John Lusk Vernon (Lab.), 7174. Werriwa.— * David Robert Hall (Lab.), 10,465; Granville De Laune Ryrie (Lib.), 8465. * * Wast Sydnev.— * William Morris Hughes (Lab.), 12,874; Stanley Llewellyn Cole (Lib.), 4912; Henry Edmund Holland (Soc), 620; informal, 317. VICTORIA. Balaclava. * Agar Wynne (Lib.), 11,558} George James Mead (Lab.), 7309. * * EMsha Beard (Lab.), 13,237 t * Jabez Coon (Lib.), 7477. * * Bandlao.—• Sir John Quick (Lib.), 12,489) Prank Brannan (Lab,). 11,860, Beurke.—Jß'i'ank Aastey (Lab.), 17,215;

■ *, lames Newton Haxtori Hume Cook (Lib.), 11,968. ' * * Kooyong— * William Knox (Lib.), | 14,621; Alfred George Lumsdeh (Lab.),! 11,478., Ballarat (complete)— * Alfred Deakin (Lib.), 10,175; David Percival Russell, , • 9732. * * Corangamite—James Henry Scullen j (Lab.), 11,151; ** John Grattan Wilson; (Lib.), 9261. j * * Corio—Alfred Thomas Ozanne (Lab.), I 9857; "Richard Armstrong Crouch (Lib.), ! 8328. j Eohuca— * Albert Clayton Palmer (Lib.), 7813; William Orr (Ind.), 7715; Anthony James O'Dwyer (Ind.), 1149; William Hugh Everard (Ind.), 1048; John Hugh Dayies (Ind.), 168. * * Fawkner —* George Fairbairn (Lib.),! 14,120; Joseph Francis Han-nan (Lab.), I 9970. * * Flinders—* WiUiam Fill li'vine (Lib.), 8113; Allan Frank Buckley (Lab.), 5552; Timothy Marcus MTnerney (Ind.), 3272. Gippsland— * George Henry Wise (Ind.), . 10,597; James Jonathan Bowden (Lib.), 6565. * * Grampians. —*Hans Irvine .(Lib.), 8920; Archibald Stewart (Lab.), 8742. * * Indi—Parker John Moloney (Lab.), 11,230; * Joseph Tilley Brown (Lib.), 9951. * * Laanecoorie —* Charles Carty Salmon (Lib.), 8381; Arthur John Fraser (Lab.), j 8600. * * Maribyrnong—James Edward Fenton (Lab.), 16,223; * Samuel Mauger (Lib.), 10,410. * * Melbourne— * William Robert Nuttall Maloney (Lab.). 13,202 ; William Murray M'Pherson (Lib.), 5759. * * Melbourne Ports —* James Matthews (Lab.), 15,034; A. G. C. Ramsay (Lib.), 6576. Mernda— * Robert Harper (Lib.), 7585; James Jerome Kenneally (Lab.), 6934; Thomas Hunt (Ind.), 1847; Percy Thompson Stephen (Ind.), 746. * * Wannon— * John Keith M'Dougall (Lab.), 11,865; Samuel Winter Cooke (Lib.), 9709. Wimmera —* Sydney Sampson (Lib.), 11,205; Richard Joseph Taffe (Lab.), 5726. * * Yarra— * Frank Gwynne Tudor ! (Lab.), 13,402 ; EJisha Clements De Garis j (Lib.), 4184. j QUEENSLAND. j * * Brisbane —William Fyfe Finlayson (Lab.), 8714; * Justin Fox Greenley Foxton (Lib.), 8231. Capricornia —William Guy Higgs (Lab.), 10,358; * Edward Walker Archer (Lib.), 7885. Darling Downs —* Littleton Edward Groom, Minister for External Affairs (Lib.), 12,071; Morris Harland (Lab.), i 5118. • Herbert— * F. W. Bamford (Lab.), j 12,089; Thomas W. Crawford (Lib.), I 6770. j Kennedy— * Charles Macdonald (Lab.), : ! 6051; John Downie Houghton (Lib.), \ 3790. i Maranoa —* James Paere (Lab.), 7564; ; Jasper Harvey (Lib.), 2844. i Moreton— * Hugh Sinclair -(Lib.), ' 10,564; Thomas Emmerson (Lab.), 6794. Oxley—*R. Edwards (Lib.), 8650; F. iC. T. Dent (I.), 5609. Wide Bay—* Andrew Fisher (Lab.), 9987; Jacob Stumm (Lib.), 8023. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide (only absent votes to count) — j * Ernest Alfred Roberts (Lab.), 9268; A. J- M'Lachlan (Lib.), 5337. Angas— * Patrick M'Mahon Glynn, Attorney-general (unopposed). Barker —*John Livingstone (Lib.), 9033; Martin Ambrose Dryer (Lab.), . 6256. . Boothby—•* Egerton Lee Batchelor I (Lab.), 8377; Paris Nesbit (Lab.), 5236. Grey— * Alexander Poynton (Lab.), unopposed. Hindmarsh —William Olliver Archibald (Lab.), unopposed. Wakefield—* Richard Witty Foster j (Lib.), 9717 ; John Howard Vaughan (Lab.), 8391; Charles Andrew Home (Ind.), 364. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Coolgardie— * Hugh Mahon (Lab.), 8241; Robert Hastie (Lib.), 2723 ; Arthur Samuel Henry M'Clay (Ind.), 175. * * Fremantle—William Noah Hedges" (Lib.), 7179; William Henry Carpenter (Lab.), 6204. * * Kaigoorlie— * Charles Edward Frazer (Lab.), 10,677; John Thornett (Lib.), 2312} informal, 104. * * Perth— * James M'Kinnon Fowler (Lib.), 8068; Ernest Percival Henshaw (Lab.), 5802. Swan— * Sir John Forrest, Treasurer (lib.), 14,999; Peter Lawrence O'Loghlen (Lab,), 6896. TASMANIA. j Bass.—sT. A; Jenseri (Lab.), 6548; *Storr-ei'd (Lib.), 4937* ' I

i Darwin.—* King O'Maaley (Lab.), 6545; ! W. Fisher (Lib.), 3738. ■ ! Dennison,—W. H. L. Smith (Lab.), | 7079; M. W. .Simmons (Lib.), 5098. * * Franklin.—* W. J. M'Williams (Lib.), 6211; W. E. Shoobridge (Lab.), , 5433. ' * * Wilmot.— * L. Atkinson (Lib.), 5315; ; T. F. Wilson (Lab.), 4171. THE SENATE. NEW SOUTH WALES.—A. M'Dougall (Lab.), 215,655; A. Gardiner (Lab.), 212,715; Arthur Rae (Lab.), 205,842; John P. Gray (Lib.),. 185,183; I. Pulsford (Lib.), 180,794; John Neild (Lib.), 175,537; John Norton (Ind.). 42,744; R. Mackenzie (Soc.),. 11,260: J. O. Moloney (Soc.), 8138; I Thomas Hoars (Six-.), 7569. VICTORIA.—E. Findley (Lab.), 213,095; S, Barker (Lab.), 211,676; A. E. H. Ralkpy (Lab.), 210,624; Sir R. W. Best (Lib.), 204,152; W. A. L. Trenwith (Lib.), 200,543; J. W. M'Cay (Lib.), 18,664; Vida Goldstein (Ind.), 50,677; J. B. Ronald (lnd.), 18,021. QUEENSLAND.—T. Givens (Lab.), 67,223; H. Turvey (Lab.), 66,470; T. Glassey (Lib.), 65,603; J. Stewart (Lab.), 65,516; H. D. Maerossan (Lib.), 65,108; J. Millican (Lab.), 63,827; W. .Kellett (Ind), 5175; H. C. Ransome (Ind.), 3277. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—G. M'Gregor (Lab.), 57.917: A. S. Guthrie (Lab.), 56,773 ; W H. Story (Lab.), 54,025; D. J. Gordoa (Lib.), 49,945; D. M. Charleston (Lib.). 48,341; I. W. Shannon (Lab.), 47,921. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—G. Henderson (Lab.), 41,315; R. Buzacott (Lab.), 40,136; B. Delargie (Lab.), 38,432; W. Kingsmill (Lib.), 35,033; A. Sanderson (L : b.), 34,267; N. W. Harper (Lib.), 33,832. TASMANIA (complete).— D. J. O'Keefe (Lab.) 30,798; J. J. Long (Lab.), 30,638; R. K. Ready (Lab.), 29,361; H. Dobson (Lib.), 23,834; F. Mulcahy (Lib.), 23,736; J. Macfarlane (Lib.), 23,452; J. J. Campbell (Ind.), 1989. According to these uncompleted returns the House of Representatives would he composed of 42 Labour men, 31 Liberals, and 2 Independents, while the Senate would have 22 Labourites and 14 Liberals.