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Show COALITION MAJORITY Barring Further Gains or Losses, Government Will Be Ahead 126 London, Dec. 17 With only eight constituencies remaining to be polled, today and Monday, the elections aro practically ended and to all intents and purposes the new parliament will bo Identical with that chosen In January Janu-ary last. Barring further gains or losses, the government will have a coalition majority of 126 as against Its previous majority of 124. Today's totals to-tals are: Unionists, 270. Coalitionists, 392, composed of 267 Liberals, 72 Nationalists. 10 Independent Independ-ent Nationalists and 43 Labori'es. The latest rotunis give the Liberals,, Uulonlsts and the Nationalists each another gain. Montgomery borough has reverted, to Unionism, while the Banbury dls- -trict of Oxfordshire turned out tho Unionist member, Capt, R. Brassey, and seated the Liberal candidate, Eustace Eus-tace Finess. The- veteran miners' . -member, W. Abraham, better known-- , by the name of ''Nabon," was elected again by the customary huge majority. major-ity. Abraham Is the president of tho South Wales Minora' Federation and has . represented the constituency for a quarter of a century. TTho Redmondltes won a notablg victory in the South division of Dublin Dub-lin county where W. Cotton took tho scalp of too old Uulonlst representative. representa-tive. Captain Bryan Cooper. Tho Redmondltes will havo a solid 73 votes In the house against tlu 6amo number in the old. |