HAWKE'S BAY ELECTION.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1917, Page 5

HAWKE'S BAY ELECTION.

KEEN INTEREST IN THE GAM' PAIGN. ' By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hastings, Last Nignt. As election day comes nearer, 'th* '' campaign grows keener. Public interest '■ lias not abated one bit by the retirement of Mr Eraser, who is holding th*' meetings on his itinerary, but is a|H .' pea ling for support for Sir John Findlay instead of for himself.' Mr Simson ' - advertises an invitation to the Hon./W. D. S. Mac Donald to attend his meeting to-morrow night to defend himself against the statement made by Mr Simson as regards the Ministers' methods .. at the liberal Convention. The Minister has replied to the chal-i lenge by making a statement in the advertising columns of the press. Sir John Findlay replied to' critics to . night in his second speech. At Hastings to-morrow night, whijfc • Mr Simson is addressing his constituents at tho Municipal Theatre, the Hon. W. 1). S. Mac Donald and W. Fraser will be addm-sing a mass meeting at the Prince's Theatre on Sir John Findlay's be-' half. Public opinion varies as to what the result will be. MR. PHASER'S POSITION. Napier, La6t Nig!it. Tlie returning officer at Hastings lil received advice front, Wellington tlm Mr Prascr's withdrawal cannot be 08, caiHy noticed, as it was not made with in tho legal time. Mr Fraser, therefore is still officially a candidate, though lie advises his supporters to vote for Sir John Findlav. Any votes credited tp him will not be informal. " ' ~'