FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16919, 19 December 1922, Page 7

F EDERAL ELECTIONS.

REVISED ESTIMATES. I By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright ! Australian ami N.Z. Cable Association. ! (Received December 19, 11.20 a.in.) SYDNEY, December 19. 1 On the strength oi the latest re ! turns, the ** Morning Herald ” lias rc~ ; vised its estimate as follows : Nationalists . . 30 I Labour . . . 26 Country Party . . 12 I Independent and Liberal 2 Doubtful . .5 It now appears almost certain that Messrs Po.ynton and Laird smith (mem j hors of the Ministry) will lose their seats, and that Mr Massy Greene will I give place to a Country Party member. A feature of the elections is that all the members of the old Labour PartV who joined the Nationalists, with the exception ol Mr Hughes, have been swept out. They include Messrs Poynton. Lairdsmith, Lamond, Higgs, Chan ter and Thomas. STATE OF PARTIES. (Received December 19, 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 19. National and Labour officials each claim the largest party in the new Parliament-. Later figures do not affect the state of the parties to any material extent. The defeat of the Hop Walter Massy ftreone (Defence Minister) now seems