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TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT. MAJORITY OF TWO LIKELY. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Hobart, June 11. The Tasmanian election count is. proceeding. The Government’s majority is like I ' 7 to be reduced from ten to two. namely: Nationalists 16, Labour 14. A feature of the polling was that Labour headed the voting in all five electoral divisions, but the distribution of preferences will alter the position where contests are reasonably close. Sir William Lee, the Premier, said the voting showed a return to what had been the normal relationship between the parties before 1928, when the majorities were always extremely slender.
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Southland Times, Issue 22348, 13 June 1934, Page 7
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100SLENDER LEAD Southland Times, Issue 22348, 13 June 1934, Page 7
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