WELLINGTON SUBURBS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 72, 18 December 1919, Page 11

WELLINGTON SUBURBS

MR. R A. WRIGHT. Mr. R. A. Wiight, spenkinc from Tub Dominion refills board, said that ho desired to express his thnnks to the electors of IVellinslon Suburbs for puttine him nt the head of Hie unll. His opponents in the fight had behaved nil through liko perfect irenflcmon It had ken. in fact, the easiest "kid-clove and rose-water contest" that he hart ever had in li" life- He had tried to keep promises made by him on Hie platform, and !>--> would endeavour in the next three vears serve Hie people of the Dominion faithfully, for he recognised that the first duty of » member of Par-

liament, was to tho Dominion first, his j dutv to his constituency being secondary. Ho thanked the electors for bavin? returned him at tho head of Ilia uoll. and he thankeo. especially those of his friends who had . worked to ensure his return. He bad had only a small badv of workers, but they had worked like Troians. Mr. Wright culled tor three cheers for his opponents, and the oheers were forthcoming in tan- volume. '- MR. DUNBAITsi.OANE. Mr. Dunbar Slonno also spoke- from the-"Post" balcony. He thanked the electors,who had supported him, and said ho would be a candidate again on niiother occasion. ' ' M'R. A. W CROSKERY. Mr. A. \Y. Croskery, the defeated Labour canuidalc for Wellington Suburbs, also returned thanks to the electors who had voted for him. Although he had been defeated it was pleasing to note Hint more Labour oanilidatcs had been returned this election than ever before, and in three years* time he looked forward to a Labour Government m New Zealand. Concluding, Mr. Croskery remarket' that if the contest had .been a Dtraißhbiit fights between Mr. Wright and himself ho had no doubt that he (Mr. Croskery) would have won.