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Show Ilev Zealand's Reaiiti3 Loses ; , , , TV fri ej.. ' AUCKLAND. N. JS Nov. 10 WV A labor . government which . brought advanced social legislation to New Zealand in the past 14 years waa turned out eg office Wednesday. . The government of Prime Minis- . ter Peter Fraser went down to defeat , at th hands of the oppo- ' sitton Nationalist party, which eaid ' the people were tired of govern meat controls and would elimlnat -them where possible. Ths new prime minister will be Sidney George Holland. M-year-oM former businessman, who has been ' opposition leader in the Wellington , parliament since the labor govern. ; - ment took office in 19S0. Final standing of the parties ia la parliament of SO members showed the Nationalists Will have 4 seats to Labor's St. Labor had a majority of tout ' In the previous parliament. : The result was surprising to many. It may have some bearing m on forthcoming elections in Australia Aus-tralia and Britain which also have ; labor governments Australian ' elections ere scheduled for Dee. 10 and the British election Is expected to be held next spring. " (On learning ths results of ths New Zealand elections. Lord Wool . ton. chairman of the British Conservative Con-servative party, said the defeat of the New Zealand Labor party is "a sign of the times.' (He told reporters in London: "The political issues in New tea-land tea-land are basically the seme ss. those existing here. When the Urns comes, the people of this coo. . try will not lag behind their kins-1 men in showing the world ths right rosd to follow.") - 'I ' The New Zealand result was in j terpreted aa aa indication the pes ' pis had grown tired of the eon tints- big process of nationalisation in these tight little tales which have . led the British commonwealth in ! many phases of social legislation, ' |