THE ELECTION.
The first notification of the state of the poll was made at the Court House last evening shorily after five o'clock, there being a large nuiniier'of persons congregated to hear the result, which,' being in favor of Mr Fitz Gerald by 22 votes, gave that gentlemen's supporters the opportunity of indulging in some hea.'tv cheers. shortly afier seven o clock a mounted messenger '-ame galloping int.. town with th-' Goldsborough and adjacent places leturus, which one of the chief ailnii-ers of Mi Ge n-ye, publicly aunnu'.c.-d in front of the Buck's Idead Hotel. Tliis taken with the Dillman's Town return, which had in the meantime come to hind, gave Mr George a good majority, and counter cheers followed in cpmk sue
cession. His Worship the Mayor received the. stats of the Hokitika polling immediately after, which be at once made known to the electors, and it was then seen that virtually Mr S. T. George had won the contest. A general "liquoring up" between the victorious and defeated candidate's friends terminated the closest election ever held in this district—and throughout the whole of which the greatest good humor prevailed.—The following are the returns : George. PitzGerald Hokitika 217 ... 232 Kanieri 31 ... 413 Big Paddock ... 9 ... 5 Upper Crossing 29 ... 9 Kumara 182 ... 204 Dillman's Town 204 ... 155 Stafford 92 ... 41 Goldsborough.. 32 ..-. 41 Callaghan's ... 19 ... 5 Fox's 17 ... 9 German Gully.. 5 ... 1 Big Dam 25 ... 3 Blue Spur ... 11 ... 25 Taipo 1 ... 4
Total ... 874 ... 780 Present majority for Mr S. T. George, 94.
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Kumara Times, Issue 546, 27 June 1878, Page 2
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256THE ELECTION. Kumara Times, Issue 546, 27 June 1878, Page 2
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