ANOTHER TRY
FAVERSHAiVS BY-ELECTION. DEPOSIT LOST TWICE BEFORE, . > s INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE. {Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 2 nan.) LONDON, January 17. Mr Ernest Hailwcod, who has already stood as an Independent Conservative at two by-elections, losing his deposit in each case, is contesting the Faversham seat in a similar capacity. When he was leaving the Guildhall, where he handed in his nomination papers, he was angrily attacked by a group of orthodox Conservatives, shouting, "You're not a Conservative, you, are a Socialist. You will lose your £150." Mr Hailwood, retorting, said: "I am a Conservative. You blighters are not fit to be Conservatives, Socialists or anything else." .'':""• The by-election will consequently be four-cornered. .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 83, 18 January 1928, Page 5
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