MEETING OF CABINET HELD AT WELLINGTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18615, 17 November 1928, Page 6

MEETING OF CABINET HELD AT WELLINGTON.

(Special to the “Star.”) WELLINGTON, November 17. All members of the Government have reached Wellington and a Cabinet meeting was held to-day. It no doubt discussed the electoral position, but no decision regarding the Prime Minister’s plans can be possible until the electoral position is settled by the returning officers’ final declarations. Meanwhile, all Ministers, defeated or otherwise, hold office and will continue to do so until their resignations are accepted. This would not occur until the Governor-General is in a position to send for an elected member, who is in a position to form a Cabinet from the new House of Representatives.

TEMUKA SEAT. .(Special to the “Star.”) TEMUKA, November 17. The position so far as the Temuka electorate is concerned is unchanged. A scrutiny of the rolls starts on Monday morning, and the official count will commence not later than Wednesday morning. The returning officer expects to declare the final result on Thursday evening. There are 500 absentee and postal votes to be dealt with. LATEST RETURNS. ASHBURTON, November 17. After 123 valid postal votes have been allocated, the election figures are: Jones 3948 Connolly 3866 Wightman 222 Williams 839 The postal votes, were cast as follows: Jones 62, Connolly 49, Williams 7, Wightman 5. The Licensing figures were: Continuance 53, State Control 10, Prohibition 90, making the total:— Continuance 4869 State Control 651 Prohibition 3261 The Returning Officer has been notified of 530 absentee votes, but it is likely that the total will be about 550 in addition to fifty-one declarations. The official count will be made on Tuesday. HAWKE’S BAY. Through the discovery of an error in the counting at one booth. FI. M. Campbell (R) had his majority increased from 470 to 630. The absentee and postal votes have not yet been counted. PATEA. The count of absentee votes in Patea gives Dickie a majority of 189, with twenty-five votes to be counted. OFFICIAL COUNT. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, November 17. The official count in every electorate starts on Monday, and is expected to be completed by Wednesday.