A DEAD HEAT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 19, 5 January 1912, Page 5

A DEAD HEAT.

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION FOR WHANG AMOMON A. A UNIQUE POSITION. The circumstances surrounding the Whangamoinona County Council general election have created a position almost unique. First there was an election petition, Air. John Diggms losing his seat through being nominated by a person who was not a ratepayer. I lieu Mr. John Morgan Jones, who had been .declared by the Magistrate duly elected, very “sportingly” gave up Ins seat, and another election was consequently held. The official figures are not yet to hnd, hut the Returning Officer (Mr. A. Coleman) stated this morning that ho had received a wire to the effect that the election had resulted in a dead heat, both Ala. Biggins and Mr. Jones having polled twenty-six votes. But the coincidence does not end there. The voting at Strathmore, aml at Makahu, the only two polling places, was also equally divided, i It now remains for the Returning Officer to draw lots'to decide -who is to hold the much-disputed seat on the Council.