20 DECEMBER 1919, Page 2

The General Election held in the Australian Commonwealth last Saturday

resulted in favour of the Nationalists and Farmers supporting Mr. Hughes against the Labour Party. The Nationalists, according to the latest returns, retain thirty-eight seats out of the forty-nine which they had in the House. Tho Farmers' representatives have increased from three to nine. Tho Labour Members number twenty-eight, against twenty-three in the last Parliament. The results of the Senate elections arc incomplete, but point to a reduction of the large Nationalist majority.