DEEPLY DEJECTED.
CHINESE WHO SOLD HIS VOTE. 'Times'—'Sydney Sun 5 Special Cables. (Received Oct. 31, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON. Oct. 30. The Pekin correspondent of. The Times, describing General Yua- ShihKai's election as President, says that large sums .were expended by the President's supporters to ensure his election, and that had more been forthcoming probably lie would have been elected unanimously on thefirst ballot. A Chinese friend showed the correspondent two hundred pounds paid - to him for voting according to instructions, and subsequently the correspondent found him deeply, dejected, he having learned that he might have received five thousand pounds. ■i in awe—"*** [
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 November 1913, Page 5
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102DEEPLY DEJECTED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 November 1913, Page 5
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