I think you meant.. 
my $tmp = $parse->parse($address);

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the $parse object needs a method
Also, the parse method seems to return a array reference, not a hash. 
use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::Parser;
use Data::Dumper;
my $parse = new XML::Parser(Style => 'Objects');
my $address = "<LOC><HNO></HNO><STN>Eagle Way</STN><MCN>Gotham City</M
+CN></LOC>";
print Dumper $parse->parse($address);

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this produces.. 
C:\tmp>test.pl
$VAR1 = [
          bless( {
                   'Kids' => [
                               bless( {
                                        'Kids' => []
                                      }, 'main::HNO' ),
                               bless( {
                                        'Kids' => [
                                                    bless( {
                                                             'Text' =>
+ 'Eagle Way'
                                                           }, 'main::C
+haracters' )
                                                  ]
                                      }, 'main::STN' ),
                               bless( {
                                        'Kids' => [
                                                    bless( {
                                                             'Text' =>
+ 'Gotham City'
                                                           }, 'main::C
+haracters' )
                                                  ]
                                      }, 'main::MCN' )
                             ]
                 }, 'main::LOC' )
        ];

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You might want to consider XML::Simple. It has a much simpler interface 
use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;
my $address = "<LOC><HNO></HNO><STN>Eagle Way</STN><MCN>Gotham City</M
+CN></LOC>";
my $ref = XMLin($address);
print Dumper $ref;

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This produces... 
C:\tmp>test.pl
$VAR1 = {
          'MCN' => 'Gotham City',
          'HNO' => {},
          'STN' => 'Eagle Way'
        };

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In reply to Re: XML::Parser - Code Reference Error? by mifflin
in thread XML::Parser - Code Reference Error? by awohld

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