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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 699, 19 December 1902, Page 1

Mr Jackson Palmer has (received the following telegram from uic Premier : “ I feci "impelled again to assure yo'u how sorry I am at your not being reelected. I feel at the same time that the general results will to some extent compensate and minimise your disappointment. All the same, it is hard to look over the ingratitude of those for whom you have worked so well. Certainly, the miners of Waihi and Ohinemuri have shown a selfishness that will not tend to make one interest liimseli in their favor. Looking at the numliers again, it is quite clear that if Poland had retured you must have won easily. Your deieal is one of the disappointments of the.—lectionsI cannot understand the ofiicL-xi of the Minors’ Unions at Karangaliake and Waikino working against you, and the trouble with the men at the tunnel at that particular time militated against vour success. However, one cannot go into a fight political without suffering loss ; at the same time, losuig you is to me severe. Better luck pest time.— R. *7, Seddon.