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Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1924, Page 4

I Anion" the 2200 people who attended tlie election gala festivities at the Savoy Hotel were a party of six men, four of whom have dined ill the same corner of the Savoy -Restaurant on the polling day of each of the four general elections since 1906. Two of the six who dined together on the first occasion have since died, and their places were taken by their sons. Four of the party were free traders, the others being protectionists, and the six of them were cotton and shipping magnates from Liverpool and Manchester. At the 190(5 dinner there was a big “landslide’ 1 in favour of the Liberal Flirty—it had a majority of 354 members on tliat occasion—and the six diners decided to celebrate the event; by reserving a bin of 1863 port. This bin was to be kept for future general election dinners, but not a bottle to be broached until one of the great parties should declare a> majority of not less than 150. “We have had four election dinners since the first one,” said Mr David Anderson, one of the diners, “but of course the rules of our pledges have not allowed us to touch the port, which must now be at absolute perfection. At the 1918 general election we mutually agreed that the Coalition majority of 249 did not rightfully entitle us to the wine. On one occasion—l think it was in 1910— we had a bottle of wine brought from the bin and put in front of afraid our chances of tasting it ’ this year are not very good.” >

Reductions *in many cases of 10s in the £ are offerod at Hulstons, Ltd., 437 Colombo Street, Chrstchureh, for threo weeks only during their stocktaking sale of furniture and furnishings and all household sundries. Send your list of requirements and prices will be forwarded to you without obligation on your part.—Advt. ' ...• •