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A CANDIDATE WANTED.

FOR ATTCKI-ANU WEST SEAT. MR. BENNETT DECLINES OFFER. A request that Mr. C. P. Bennett should contest the Auckland West scat at the forthcoming genera! election was ' put to that gentleman yesterday by a I representative deputation. including Mossrs. ft. L. Stewart, J. B. Johnston" G. ('. t'odlin, R. Align?, It. A. Laidlaw. .1. 11. Hutehineon, W. J. Campbell. G. S. Bullen. A. D. Bruce. W. If. Morpeth, and J. \V. Hardley. Several members cmpliasUed tlie call of the present for men of integrity in public, positions, and assured Mr. Bennett of the wholfi-hearted support of the deputation. Mr. Bennett replied that for health reasons it was oolite impossible to accede to the deputation's request. At hie suggestion those present resolved themselves into a committee to consider the taking of further steps in the direction he had indicated.

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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1922, Page 5

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A CANDIDATE WANTED. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1922, Page 5

A CANDIDATE WANTED. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1922, Page 5