FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13349, 14 December 1906, Page 5

FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

LABOUR WINS SEATS. >f •, SOCULISTS OUTED. • -United Press Association—By Electric ; . Telegraph.— Copyright. ' j Sydney, December 13. Two of the Spciali?tß who -were leading for 'the Senate in South Australia h.'av-a bean .deposrcl by Messrs Thompson and "Vardon/ anti-Socialists. The -State l iiartic^; according to the latent figures, a re :— ln the Senate : •Anti-Socialists. 13 ; Labour Socialists.' 5 > no Ministerialists. In the Housis of |tepres«r.tatives : Anti-Socialists, 32 ; Labour Socialists, 26 ; Ministerialists, p. ' ; Labour won six scats in New Sfcratrhr Wales. t '. '- ' ■ ■ |THE EOUT OF THE -'SOCIALIST, ;■ MR BEID AiND THE TBOI^EJEJ - HA.IBTIES. „, i - . * Eeceived December 14, ,10.23 a.an,, I . Sydney, (Decean ; ber; t i4. - j iMr" Sydney Smith was 'rejected at Macquarrie. < The Telegraph' computes that, compared with the old House the 'Anfci- , Socialists and Labour Socialists have •gained B member eacH at" th'tf fexpense of MinistleriaHsts. '. fln IVictpria, Mr, Eraser head® J fche" J^ena'te poll. Mr McColl, wKo retired vfirom the H'ouse j is . next, while the | jihird place goes to Mr Tunnicliff, a Socialists '"> Ministers claim that "they will have ihe support of the Victorian. tAintiSocialiets in -their proposal to revise the tariffs ' |It is expected that" ParEamenS will jpeet about tne mididle oi .'February* i A : striking feature' oif the election ,' is the reverse sus-fcained - by Labour 3 In Queenslanßl , Thlree ! Anti-Spcialist's remain in the van for the Senate, wnH Mr Higgs, Ibhe fourth, on. the list,- imay have a chance of coming \ip, but.; Mr Da-weon is hopelessly ..,; defeated,, -while "JMessrs Culpm, Thomson, ancl .Wilkinson n'avo.loit their seats. {Mr ' Wa'tsopt regar«ds CtMs? reversal "a3 cvnly &•. passing; pnase^ ■• ■*. a ' The /Argus- says ih"a^ r Victoria ' fias "declared against 1 Bpciaiistaci 1 , whicK has. only gained' one seat in'i Australia. , . . Sir Jonh Borres* "y&& tiKe first contested el%tioi| \oi >|ls poiliticat- cateer. / , ' Mr 'Reicß beiSßSalns thej J cpn.<tittuanod'rof be able to carry on .withouto^e.^ egof JJlS^^^' with! the result of We electfiori "g«ue-railyj-feiit": tfe^ Votill — l ..