LYTTELTON ELECTION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1934, 17 December 1913, Page 8

LYTTELTON ELECTION.

Jfi|TJIE : SECONR;BALLOL fIfMR;: M'COMBS ELECTED. SsJfßy Tcksrti/b-Preas ARSodatlon.l ;;|Sii' : i GhristcHureh, December 16. ' ■SThe;Second Ballot between Messrs, J. JK'pmbs and J. Miller for the Lyttclton'seat, rendered vacant by the death oi'.. Mr;^Gei!.'; t .Laureiison, took place tov;S;Tlie,)poiling:at- tlie first:ballot- was as JJvM'Combs-(Social Democrat)..-'., 2075 Jl..':.Milldr.i.(Government) ».-..;..-..,'... lofiO J'v'Laurcnson.'. (Liberal) :>.'-.'. ;'■;-....v.. .. <J22 ])i-.;.':'T)iacker;.';(liidependeiit j'.'Lib-.-.i'v. ■'■■■•*.:.-oral) .-"....;:' ......'..'.'.;?.'... '!.- ? i 073 YvgHadclifto (Liberal). f Iff fir H E FIN Ai,F! CU R ES/|f|f;" ■fitliG figures at yesterday's''poll J.-M.'Combs' (Social ;;'.?<■ 2628 J..: (Government) ~;, ,'2-102 *te\„X.::s:.\'i{^\f.. : % 226 ■''The'number on'.the roll ..was about 6000.<£X-:■-.--:-'. >■■'■[-: ! ■f, -PRIME MINISTER REVIEWS .. j;:; : -. ; ~' -. RESULT,. /The Primo Minister, on being interviewed last evening, made tho.following brief statement regarding the result of tho by-election:— ■ "Our man put up a great fight, though he was not- successful in securing a majority. Kemembering that at tho last general election we were over two thousand votes behind, whereas we arc now only a little over two hundred behind, there is no reason to be despondent. On tho contrary, tho figures snow that tho old so-called Liberal Party js defunct, and that public opinion has veered round in a way which must be satisfactory to every supporter of the Government and every member of tho Reform Party. Tho position is now quite clear. It is a question now between moderate Liberalism and the supporters of law and order on one side, and on the other Social Democracy, which, being interpreted, means Ked Fcd-ism and syndicalism. "To the- people of this country I would say: 'Choose yo whom ye will serve," or, rather, 'Choose ye whom yo will support.' and it is not at all difficult to predict what tho result will be." -.. ■