MR. FISHER RESIGNS
ACCEPTS INEVITABLE. I LIBERAL VICTORY ASSURED, g SAFE MARGIN. MR. COOK GOES TO MELBOU &NE By SelesraDh—Prcsa Aisoctation—C a,pyright (Rcc. Juno 20, 11.55 p.m. Sydney, 20. To-day's count has placed th result ot the Hume contest beyond df/übt. Late figures give Mr. Patten (Lib'a.-al) a lead of 381 over Sir William Lyn <5 (Independent),, with only 850 votes left to be counted. When the Liberal victory; was assured, Mr. Fisher accepted tho ; O levitable, aaid handed in his resignation^ Mr. Cook departed for Melbourne tonight. 1 BALLAEAT BECOITfIT REFUSED. (Eec. June 20, 10.25 p.m.) Sydney, June -20. The request of tljja Liberal candidate (Mr. H. V. M'Kay) for a recount at Ballarat has been refused, on the ground that nothing has been -disclosed to justify a recount. Mr. W. N. Hedges, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate at, Fremantle, has notified his intention to, test the legality of the election.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1782, 21 June 1913, Page 5
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151MR. FISHER RESIGNS Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1782, 21 June 1913, Page 5
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