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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
1
Labour secures a clear early majority as women over 21 vote for the first time. By 5 am counts show Labour leading with 121 seats to 78 for Conservatives and 13 Liberals, with 4 Independents. Aggregate votes: Labour 3,278,460. Conservative 2,883,211. Liberal 1,630,292. Others 106,318.
Crowds fill Trafalgar Square and the Strand as Labour gains roll in. Early leads show Ashbury and Cheltenham. Labour captures Barnaby, Paldford North, and Everton margins widen. At midnight Labour dominates many seats, with notable wins in Rochester Chatham, Dudley, and Liverpool.
The Attorney General Sir Thome Stekip was defeated while the Labour Minister Sir Arthur Steele won Erdington. Labour swept Mackhurn defeating Liberal and Conservative rivals with Mre. Harry Hamilton heading the poll and Sir Shirley Bee securing Plymouth Drake. Conservative heavyweights like Sir Samuel Cobb exit Parliament as Labour gains roll through Leicester East Greenwich Enfield Middlemen Pullham West Dartford and Hammer. The Birmingham collapse seals Stecie Maitland’s defeat by 5,442 and shifts Lazywood to Labour by a tiny margin.
Adelaide reports the South Australian Ministry, lacking evidence of upcoming price cuts, has placed a 40,000 ton coal order from abroad to secure supply amid uncertain domestic prices. The action reflects precautionary measures in response to volatile coal markets and imports.
Timber merchants enrolled additional volunteers as unions predict labor shortages. The plan aims to reopen the mills on Tuesday with many foreigners among those signing up, following a Friday Melbourne meeting.
Melbourne report states the Tradex Hall Council rejected reopening talks with timber workers except on a 44 week basis, signaling no immediate settlement path and maintaining a hard line amid labor tensions.
Federal Labour leader J E Scullin arrived in Friday to discuss co operation with industrial wings of the labour movement and waterside workers. He conferred with the Waterside Workers Federation executive and with Sydney branch official W H Searle, planning further talks with union leaders over the weekend.
In Washington at Arlington Cemetery Hoover delivered a Memorial address urging immediate steps to protect naval armament and cooperation of all powers in peaceful adjustment. He emphasized that competition should not impede collaboration and urged concerted action for disarmament and instrumentality for peace.
Italian authorities arrest suspects as Moroccan authorities recover Hapsburg jewels believed stolen by an international gang. The jewels were moved to a dealer who alerted police, triggering arrests in a joint operation.
The King is confined to bed with a slight cold following a Frogmore grounds picnic on Sunday celebrating the Queen's birthday. He has not left his room since then, but hopes to recover in time to attend the Westminster Abbey thanksgiving on June 34. Sir Stanley Hewett resides at Windsor Castle.
Mrs Majesty the King has been elevated to confer the Air Force Cross on Piet Leslie Donephra BISBANE Friday. The Quintus 'pline Atlanta arrived in Brisbane today with Moir and Owen. They were welcomed by a large crowd.
An eminent expert comments Windsor Castle news shows no relation to the King’s illness and no chill is expected to spread. Lord Dawson, returning from the continent by air, says he was not due back for a month. The Duke and Duchess of York and other royals were informed by telephone in London. The Deanery at Westminster received word that there is no change to the June 11 thanksgiving service.
London Friday latest bulletin notes Hing’s condition unchanged and that he passed away after nightfall. Doctors expect an interim bulletin as details persist. The statement underscores a grave turn in the patient’s status with no immediate improvement reported.
The Daily Express notes a surge of momentous political events ahead as the King’s relapse creates an unprecedented situation with no Council authority to address post election questions, making Regency an issue of serious concern.
At Wingham a shunted van caught fire after petrol and kerosene exploded. The guard shouted warnings and, at great risk, detached the burning carriage. The blaze spread then kerosene exploded, wrecking the van but averting a larger catastrophe.
In Fitzroy George Street a man shot Compston dead then wounded Arthur Hiscock after a quarrel with his wife Emily Hiscock. The killer, believed to be motivated by jealousy, fled. Hiscock died later. Emily Hiscock had feared for her life, and a revolver was found with Compston.
Workman Clark's Belfast yards launched the Kosmos, a 32,000 ton whaling factory ship designed for Antarctic use. The vessel measures about 800 feet in length and marks the first purpose built factory ship for whaling, signaling a new era for Antarctic furthest fisheries.
A fisherman hooked a bag in the Clarence River at Grafton on Friday amid the Geoffrey Knott disappearance probe. Police began dragging operations but the bag remained submerged a few feet from the surface with no success reported yet.
Dramatic day as voters queued for polling stations causing delays and fatigue. Five people collapsed and died during polling, including a presiding officer, in a day of chaotic returns. Labour gains noted in Hearbrooke and York, while results shifted in Bristol South and King's Norton Birmingham amid a turbulent election.
The report lists several parliamentary outcomes with margins in the thousands. Sir Willem Joyneen Wicks wins a seat by 5044, Sir Ramuel Hoare is re elected at Chelsea, and Sir Herbert Samuel secures Darwin by 462 against a Conservative lead of 536. Literali oles and various regional contests are noted, with J L Clynes increasing his majority.
Mosley widens Amethwick lead as Labour gains appear strong in wards where Conservatives slipped. Hope loses Bheifield seat after 20 years, defeated at Walchincow. Minister for Health Kingley Wood narrowly escapes West Woolwich, majority dropping from 4290 to 332 amid extra voters. Middlesex Acton seat swings as Sir Marry Brittain falls to Labour by 467, down from a 1316 1924 majority.
Speaking at a Hotel Australia luncheon, Premier Moore criticized Labour policy, claiming Queensland state enterprises wasted funds and raised taxes. He cited high unemployment, pledged privatization except for the state insurance department and railway refreshment rooms, and promised compensation through private enterprise, limited political interference in railways, and a contract system to cut costs.
Melbourne court cases report three men Cecil Nontos Frederick Villa and Dougall Duncan described as Communists were jailed three months each by magistrate Berriman for disorderly conduct on May 28. Charges of obtaining meals by fraud were withdrawn.
An explosion at Commonwealth of Refineries Ltd in Berry's Hay sent flames high into the air endangering a 13,090 gallon oil tank. A labourer, John Blasett, 36, North Sydney, suffered severe facial and hand burns and was treated at hospital. Fire brigades fought stubbornly as water lacked effect and foam was deployed from Harbour. The cause remains under investigation after the electric pump draining a petrol tank was shut off.
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