WILL BALDWIN RESIGN?
LATEST ELECTION RETURNS. HEAVY CONSERVATIVE LOSSES, BUT STILL LARGEST PARTY. By Telegraph.—Preaw Association.—Copyright.—Reuter's Telegrams. (Received December 8, 2.50 p.m.) IiONDON, December 7. The latest returns are:— Conservatives 256 Labourites 183 Liberals 1-12 Independents 8 GAINS. Conservatives 18 Liberals 79 Labourites 61 LOSSES. Conservatives .. 109 Liberals 33 Labourites 15 Independents 1 The situation is unprecedented in political history. The parties are alike powerless to govern, and their acute differtences may make a pact impossible. The only solution may possibly be a temporary working arrangement. Political circles ■« ®* ci ted- They assume that Mr Baldwin will resign, and that the King will ask Lord Derby, representing the strongest ?k 1 .u° a Government.. The Labourites are pleased, and the Liberals are somewhat chagrined at their losses to Labour which make them still the smallest party. a " 0 615 ,, scals in th <' House. The above table accounts foi f>B9, so there are twenty-six declarations still to be made.)
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17218, 8 December 1923, Page 9
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