GREAT VICTORY FOR OPPOSITION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10498, 8 December 1911, Page 5

GREAT VICTORY FOR OPPOSITION.

MINISTERIAL SEATS IN DOUBT

INTERESTING SECOND BALLOTS

The General Elections' of 19] 1 will he memorable in ,the history of ne Dom'mion. From preseait indications it wouikl appear tuiat the Reform Party has scored a great victory. The eiectaoui, iso far as the Masterton seat rs concerned, came spanewhat as. a surprise. Few people expected that Mr G. R. Sykes would go to the' seccnd ballot under otcli favourahlle circumstances. The polOiiing throughout tlhe 1 Dominion wa.9 very lioavy. In the Master-ton electorate it oon&tiv "tUted a' record. Vdhicllss were plying ail, day in beau'bifn*r weather, and the' friend® of tfhie respective candidates .were an the, best of terms througQixMit ■ the day. Poss'jbd'y ■ tlhe interest in the liecaisiirg po'l was more intense than in the general election. The main polling booth was in charge of tlhe Returning Offioer (Mr William Gilleepie), who was ably assisted by Mr R. 'Brown lamd an. airmy of poll clerks and scrutineers. The poll closed at six o'clock, and about 7 o'clock the result of itfhe polling at Masterton wfts announced, aaid was received wiilth. cheers. At mine o'clock the final returns for the Master ton 'electorate were to htamd, and .it wast known' that Mr Hogg had only a small) majority over Mr Syke&. A liarge crowd of people as6eimible<l in frtmt of the "Ag&" office, eagerly awaiting fiirtiher resujita. The first,: to come to foand was from the Wairarapa. Ihese gave Mr Btomsby a substantial lead, and people were on the tiptoe of expectation. Then came t3)« pu;.nomi cement that Mr Fisher. "im-d topp>6<l the poll for WeJlSngtoai Central. This was tlhe sign aft for loud cheering. At ten o'clock the , reSultts .began to pour in, and it was soon, seem tIM tlhe Opposition was gaining a gr'fiat victory. On eadh oc- ' casion ,tibat l thie defeat off a Ministerialist wias aamtounced, 'the crowd gave a. gfreat cheer. The final announcement thait Ma- Buchanan, had secured the Whiirarapa seat ooi' the first batlot occasioned much isatli»faotiiani, aaid was received with much renewed cheering. ' The failure of Sir J. G. FindO-ay came somewhat as< a stua 1 - prista. The final results did not come to 'hand until nearly daylight this morning, audi a coinsiderabJe arowd waited about umbi'l the Hast'."' ( Messrs, G. R. Sykes and A. H. Herbert wddiressed the crowd from tllne balcony of the "Age" office.'Mir Svkes expressed great satiisifactaioni ait tJie result- of the poll', tuid called for three cheers' for Mr Herbert, which were lusitflly given. Mr Herbert returned thanks, to those who had a&sisited him, and expressed the hope that the wholfc of his supporters would rally round. Mr Sykes a/t the second ballot. (A voice: You're a good sport). Cheers' wvre reaiewed for Mr Herbert and Mr Sykes, and a lusty cheer was giveai for Mr Massey. The crowd 1 was orderly throughout the night, and there was no demonstration whatever of (horse-pfey. Following were the r©suits ; —

MASTERTON.

The total number of valid votes wa* ."895. compared with at :li«* <>lwtion.

WAIIRARAPA

Master ton, No. 1 Masterton, No. 2 Mastorton, No. 3 Masterton, No. 4 Mastorton, No. 5 Kuripxmi Mauricpville West Kopuaranga Altfredton Ekertahumi JHongomai Nireaha 'fawataia Maurieeville East Hamna Mangamalioo Pleckville Newman Kaiparoro AVangaehu To Rongokakako Kakariki Sannders' Road Ihurana Valley Putara Atea Railway 'Hastvolls Waterfalls I jaasdowTH' ()paki Mal i ma. Hinemoa ' Konini Mangamairo Tano •Pori Haunui Maktiri Ivaitavva ' Rakanmii AVaikermi Mara Pakowai Aolumga Korora Pongaroa Puketoi Mangatiti Miki Miki K.ilmore 03 n .w 60 69 73 52 50 61 13 4 49 275 25 59 11 7 21 6 14 29 8 4 11 19 9 11 14 10 20 37 20 5 42 ir> 7 3 18 21 7 5 s 2 19 11 5 4 0 3 0 28 0 1 1 10 O o o X 244 212 193 194 182 178 20 ' .15 .55 158 11 53 13 42 24 19 2 31 41 24 -v n 10 l] ■ 14 7 9 2 133 18 17 75 5 <5 6 14 8 14 2 16 13 20 12 2 (> 5 30 14 57 9 15 2 9 33 ' W W tn 199' 170 156 140 132 224 • f .H 41 20 (32 23 34 8 15 34 28 12 31 2-5 38 28 23 12 11 20 11 3 '• 63 36 42 137 13 23 10 48 23 21 12 3 15. ■2r1 28 12 5 2 5 14 83 S 5 15 6 Totals 1308 2329 2258

& * 3 § % c JJ »v> 33 H Cua-tertwi 470 751 13 (ifreytown. 371 236 11. Ma-rtinborongW 210 320 6 Featberffkcm 381 356 9 Mafcaikona 21 7 1 Whakataki 21 34 0 GtriissendaJti 17 26 1 Turn 45 75 0 0 [W'Hiwftaraa U 18

Okautete 31 35 1 I^uketirffitari 36 10 1 Fflkt PoiinA 11 8 0 T<au'<aru 78 41 0 Otaliiuao 34 4 0 Bjideford 59 19 0 Kaituna .31 14 0 Ffcrnridge 147 53 7 Ma.t<ahi wi 37 5 0 Mifci Miki 48 11 1 West Tatratahi 62 56 0 Wuingawa 87 18 0 Te Wiliiti 30 9 0 Te Whiarau 30 35 0 Otonifrnrn 13 17 0 Admiral 'Biro 13 11 0 Longbush 34 24 1 Gladstone 75 44 4 PonataM 46 12 0 WaiJhakeke 23 57 1 Dnliefield 96 , 125 2 Morison's Bush 64 32 0 Kaiiraavvni 52 44 3 Kahaiutara 59 17 0 Ctross Greek 16 47 1 Drervil'ie 32 56 0 Hfcuikura 33 28 5 Waip&wa 12 17 1 WJilite Rock . 14 20 0 Te Awaite 3 12 0 Pirinoa 42 53 3 Other returns. 44 19 12 Totads 2910 2776 84 No second ballot. , Majority for Baiclianain 50 votes. Last year's figures w^re: Buchanan 2721. , Hornsby 2585.