THE GREY SEAT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 13, 16 June 1913, Page 3

THE GREY SEAT.

: tIBfERALS ALREADY ASTIR, , ■ , ■■■■■••■■ INFORMAL MEETING. . ; , Per Press Association. '." :, Hokitika, June 12. i; Advantage will be taken of the.preIsence in !or,eymputh of several, Oppositionists,ijnciuding Mr.'G. Wipty (Riccarr ,toh;)i to select a candidate to congest : the. Crey seat in tiie ; Liberal interest. .It is. understood that, .those.; who arrived; this held, an informa.l meeting ' to-night', with the West Coast members of the Opposition (Messrs James.Colvin ; and Scddpn.)j.and strong.efforts ; are be-. ihg ; made,.tp persuade. Mr. M, Hanan to. run. in the interests of the Opposition. Mr. 1 Hanan is .Grown prosecutor, .and has. si large private practice, but..his- health has not,been very good; of late, and itis very problematical. whether ue will consent. tp stand, especially in, view of the fact that his family are -unfavorable! chiefly..on account of Mr. Hanan's health :, There 1 ' is\a, 'consideribls,..opinion !in ;Gre?mouth in-favpr of requisitioning'Mi\ H.-Tj. Michjsj', pf. Hokitika, to'consent to ■ nomination, and : certainly .Mr. Michel lias -'a large personal vote' in, Gjdymoutt)' favorable'tohini, while he is \veil-knbwri' >thrbughdut:/the> Coast. Hi's';' ; political poljcy is, almost; Jidentic.al. \yitri that, of ■the present 1 Government's ami'he is i strong platform man.' Every thing,' of -course, is conjecture as yet. : CANDIDATES DECLARED.

i , Greyroouth, Saturday." , Mr.'''Hanan, County Chairman anil' Crown Solicitor, hasaniiouhe'ed his candidature for the Grey seat, as an Op: piositionixt. Mr. H. L. 'Miclial, Hokitika, has beeii .requested to stand as a Reform candidate.