SETBACK FOR LABOUR
MANY SEATS LOST AFRICAN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS CAPE TOWN, Feb. 17. The elections for Provincial Councils, which were fought on the same voters’ roll as for the Assembly elections, are progressing, and while the duel between the Nationals and South African Ptarty in the rural areas shows no decisive trend, Labour candidates suffered severely, losing ten seats to the South African Party, and being practically wiped out in Natal, while a number of so-called Independents, who generally eupported the Government, lost their seats.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19771, 19 February 1927, Page 7
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85SETBACK FOR LABOUR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19771, 19 February 1927, Page 7
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