GOVERNMENT DEFEAT.
FREEHOLDER ELEOTED BY
MAJORITY OF 1235. PRESS ASSOCIATION Auckland, last night. Tho Monukau election passed off quietly to-day. Tbo result (with one small return to come, which oanuot iffeot result, but will probably increase Mr Lang’s majority) is as follows : F. W. Lang, Opposition... 2501 G. Bullard, Government... 1266
Majority for Lang ... 1235 Tho figures for the 1905 general election wore Kiikbrida 2977, Stewart 2334.
Mr Mas3ey made a short speeob, thanking the electors for returning an Oppositionist and Freeholder. The tremendous majority showed what tho electors thought of thD leasehold proposals of the Government. The election would have a wondorful influence in tho counsels of the country in connection with the land proposals.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1952, 7 December 1906, Page 2
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