OVER 1100 VOTES TO COME
CONTEST JFOR OTAKI SfeAT Of all the seats in which the result is doubtfui on the prelihiiiiary count, Otaki is hfeid by thfe nlolst Slender ma.iority. Coiltrary tb current ruihoui*, there has been nb alteration in the positibn by whifeh Mr. J. J. Maher (National) hoids the seat from Mr. James Thqrn (Labour) with a majority of eleven votes. The returning oificer, Mr. H. J. Henderson, said this morning thdt there Were 822 absentee, 300 postal votes and also some declaration votes still tb come tb harid. He added that it would be at least a week a,nd probably ten days before the recount was completed and the final result known. As was the case iri the i943 eiection, the result is expected to be a very close one.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 November 1946, Page 4
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