THE LEICESTER SEAT.
UNIONIST WINS. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, .June 28. Tho jlection for tho Leicester seat, caused by the resignation of Mr E Crawshav Williams (Liberal) resulted in tho election of Mr A. M. W:lshire, the Unionist candidate, by a . large majority. Mr Wilshire's spocohoK harped on tha necessity for fewer State officials and more personal liberty. Hn also condemned the Insurance Bill. Tho small Socialist vote is regarded as a triumph for Mr Ramsay MacDonald, Leader of the Labour Party, whom the Socialists avowed their intention of smashing. [The actual figures in tho election have not reached us. The Socialists supported Mr Hartley (a Socialist.)]
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 30 June 1913, Page 5
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109THE LEICESTER SEAT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 30 June 1913, Page 5
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