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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 227, 8 December 1893, Page 7

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(From onr own Ck• tT£fcpondenl). Great exeilemeal!- ( >:•« valid here <>u kite rl>-y ami evening <J the olwfion, And the merits and demerits of the rcsp-n- five candidates were disctiHsed with warmth, much strong- feeling being- manifest, At nigh't n large crowd assembled at the Post office, eagerly awaiting news of the battle ; and when the returns cmno in, shewing Mr Thompson to lie large! v in ihe snaj uify, his supporters were jubilant, and a number ot them* being of an excitable temperament, the result may b - imagined, Mr Thompson heads the poll by a large majority, but the wisdom of the electors in placing him there is certainly open to question But ti e majority has thus ruled, and all true Liberals will submit to the decision of the majority. Inspector Crowe is at present in the district, for the purpose of examination of school#. Miss Hunter, who has for three years had charge of the Homestead school, vacates that position at the Christmas holidays. The Board have appointed her to take charge of a. school near Pukckohe. I notice in the ‘ Weekly News’ that Mr 2\ Slater moved a vote of thanks and confidence iu Mr Houston, as member for the Bay, Is this gentleman a distant relation of Mr Slater who, when Hr Houston ad dressed the electors at Aratapu in Maylast “ had a feeling of disappointment in the member which he could not express.”