State elections held in New South Wales on the 6th August have resulted. in the complete defeat of the Ministerial Party. Out of a total of 90 seats, they have only secured sixteen. The Reform Party have captured forty-six, whilst Labour counts twenty-five Woman suffrage.was exercised for the first time in the State, and they polled well; an inspection of the voting shows they mostly voted for candidates. selected by the Reform Party.
Only one member of the last Ministry, Mr. Kidd, lost his seat, whilst Mr. O'Sullivan, who held the Public Works portfolio, and has always been held up as the greatest example of an extravagant financier the State has had for' some years, was returned for a city constituency by a substantial majority.
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