EKETAHUNA.
(From Our Own Correspondent,) There was vory 'little excitement' • hero .over the eleotion. A small amount of betting was indulged in, j}The heaviest bet that I. heard of * was a new hat, It was known early in the day that on account of the large number of men in the bush camps Mr Hogg would head tliov poll. A very large number settlers did not take the trouble to - vote,'thinking, as peoplo in theso , times very ofteu do, that- their vote made very littlo difference. In this case thoy were out of their reckon- ' ing. Mr Polling, of tho Club Hotel, got up a mild mitement in the shape of two figures' seated' outside of hia door, representing tho two candidates. There was no drinking and no fights, in faot the utmost good humor prevailed throughout tin: day, ■ The weather was beautifully fino/ not a drop of raid tailing the whole of the day. • ■,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3681, 8 December 1890, Page 2
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155EKETAHUNA. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3681, 8 December 1890, Page 2
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