Wellington Election
r-.r*"- 1,---. ■■ ;• ".-■ '• -r^j.... .*.. .-';'■., --T (PBR I«BBJ38 J ABBOOIATipN.'y" , WEtiiNGTON, Januarf iS. ThS/eleciion ' td»flay " wwars r carried out with tne utmost good feeling 1 , atids£snetime the candidates drdve tdgefliecVm a dog«cart front one booth to Another, Therewas, qf eputae, eonftder^bjejjgxul humour displayed among,, the. partisans of both sides. ISrerj ascription' of vehicle was , wrought Jntoujequisition to v bring voters toipoll, and the supporters of either;- candidate? >wprljfd with great energy nght up to the closing oithe poll. When^e^dooM- '^OTetVth-e^elfing was even money,, and the^ost^sanguinedid not antMpite a'Uarge^af&nlr. Shortly; after 9 o'clock Mr James, the Returning Officer, declared tHe number to be Mc» ?Le,an S^^BeM 3252^ bajoriU^^ftfcv '^a r n|':ljsl'^Tneße : figttn^o.4if^m^a<3#:^ 45 seamen's Toting papers' which will/iie^ opened to morrow, but they cannot afoctrc the result. , . '•::,' " ' Tue -fotlofring {afoetie^iTtf '\htffh>ti^ ' ingt^^deliaide^EoaHV McLeans 340; : Bell, 279. Drill' Shed iMctean, 50^; Bell, 828. Earbri: McLean, 32; Bell, 90. ExchangeKall: McLean,, B4B^r Bell, 1059, Princess Theatre . McLean, 480 ; 8e11,;249i . Sidey's ' (principle j £ McSe^x L 099 ; Belli 664. iKaiwai-ra: McLean, 100 ; Bell, 83. Totals -McLean, 3405 ; Bell, 3252. . - ; .-. .-^ V
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 85, 16 January 1892, Page 2
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175Wellington Election Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 85, 16 January 1892, Page 2
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