THE EGMONT SEAT.
MR. FOWLDS DECLINES TO STAND. . (By Telegrnph.-Epecial Correspondent.) • . . Auckland, August i. The Hon. 0. Fowlds lias told nn Auck< laud reporter that lie has no intent.ku of contesting Hip Eginont sent. Konrcspnfcv tions had! bow inado to him, urging that lie should accept- nomination, l>nt he linill made'up his mind not to become a candidate, since ho believed that ho could do more valuable work fcr the party by continuing thp organising and lecturing cam* p-aifii which ho has been carrying out in, all pivrls of the Dominion durmg the last few .months. • If a suitable reprwent«tiv« of the Labour party came forward, how< ever,, lm would have no hesitation in going into.the, Eginont doctorate, and lending . the candidate a)l the assistance within his ■power. It appeared to him, at present, :that the mam with the best claim to thiv support of the progressive element in the constituency was Mr. Walt* who, as a candidate at the IGOB elections, put up a 'Rpteidid fight against Mesws. Dive and Williinson.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 5 August 1912, Page 4
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172THE EGMONT SEAT. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 5 August 1912, Page 4
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