N.S.W. ELECTIONS
SYDNEY, March 28. The position ot the parties is unchanged. No further progress in the count is expected before (Friday, as the total primary votes in each constituency are not determined until the absentee votes gravitate in from all corners ot the State. SYDNEY, March 28. There is no change in the election figures, the only definite feature on the first count being that Labour has lost three seats and gained one.
VIEWS OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES. Received March 28, 8.30 p.m. LONDON, March 28. The Financial Times, commenting on the Labour defeat in New South Wales, says: It is regarded in the city as a good omen. It is hoped that the many years of dominance by Labour theorists over Australian politics is at last seriously threatened. Referring to the abolition of the second chamber in Queensland, and compulsory arbitration, the paper says: Everywhere in the Commonwealth some labour fads are proving a boomerang. In this time of industrial crisis labour will have to me'nd its policy or public opinion will enforce 'it sooner or later. Already capital is shy of entering the Commonwealth, and it is a timid bird to tempt back once it has really taken flight.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18443, 29 March 1922, Page 5
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