Wellington, Oct. 17.
The Labour Party's emphatic vie-tory in the General Election came as a painful surprise to the Nationalist party, whose chances of ssu were regarded as very promising.
At the end of the campaign the final state of the parties was Labour, 55; National, 23; Independent, 2. All the Cabinet ministers were returned The Prime Minister, Mr. M. J. Savage, and the Minister of Finance, Mr. W. Nash, had huge majorities.
The total poll constituted a record.—Reuter.
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