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In the New Zealand General EleetiOn. he Government Of Mr. Coates; the leader of the Reform Party, has been badly beaten. The Labour-Party won a few seats and is now about twenty strong, but the chief access of strength is to the United Party, led by Sir Joseph Ward. Neither Mr. Coates nor Sir Joseph Ward however (each of whom has less than thirty followers) is strong enough to form a Government. The surprise, of course, was the success of the United Party, which is the new name for the heterogeneous party that gathered round the nucleus of the old Liberal Party. The principal argument against Mr. Coates was that his Dairy Produce Board had been a failure. The farmers at present have no cause to be discontented, but they have not forgiven Mr. Coates for some early disappointments. We do not yet know how the- political deadlock will be overcome.
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