THIRD CANDIDATE FOR AVON
y . - CHRT3TPHRRCH, May 16. With pnly lO'minutes to go hefore Ihe nominationg closed at noon today for the Avon b'y-eleciioii, a third candi date entered theTibld. He is Mr. .John Banby pobertson, a earetaker, of N.ew prigh't'ori, who will' stand as either jiu Endependeat Labour candidate, or the otficial candidate of 'the Deino.cratpt Labour Partv. Tjie reaspn for MV. Bobertson's upcer^ainty to tjie ba|i; n.e.r under vvhick' he will stancR jvas' gx- . piained i}Unigdifj,|evafJ:er th'e nijnunafioir was Jodged with (ho ret'urmng pfficer! -I wrote to ^ack Lee (jef^er p f jtlae Pemoeratic Lajiour ' Pgrty) a fe\y days ago, asYiijg fcfr approva] of piy st'andi pg as tlie party 1§ ofHeial candidafe,'1 ' he said. "J expecfed'a reply todpy, but il lias nof arrived yet, so T d'ecidpd' ' to sjand gs Tndependent LaJ)our. ' If I get an offi e ia.1 endorfjejpent fi'om M.r- fJ9® I shg.ll announce myseff as the officiul Dempcratic Labour Parfy caiicjidafe. ' ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 May 1947, Page 4
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