HEATHCOTE.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7728, 6 December 1890, Page 5

HEATHCOTE.

i After the retiremenjt of Mr G. W. Rileeell, tne OppoHitidh candidate, it was thought that Mr Tanner, who waa first |n the tleld, would, ee&ure the Heathcote eeat, and such proved to, be the case, as he wss reCdrned by a majority of 213. Mr Ehodee, hoWever, who only came' forward at the eleventh hour, gained golden opiniods wherever he met the electors, and his Zriends wdrked vvfth a will to pick up tUe' big handicap theif candidate had toconteqd with che lateness of hla taking the field, when the reaulc at Woolaton wa*e'made'know&, and It was found that BBtfdes wUfe onlyseven ahead. It was at once known that he had but little show of being returned; - and when the Xilnwocid tecornecame in giving Tanner & majority of 118, 16- was ' only then a matter of- how *many would be aia .final majority. ■ -it was confidently expected .that at the principal polling booch Mr Rhodes-would have the lead, but the numbers only gave his opponent a further The resule waa declared at B.'3Q, at which time some hundreds had col*, lected round the booth. When the numbers were--madfer ;known Mc, Tanner'a friends were very jubilant,, and hiatUy cheered their man. ' The following shows the number of votes polled at the various booths:~ ; ' ' i-''. "' Tannen Rhodes.. i Heathcote Boad Board FT OUlce (psii}cipal> . .:. 295 .'■ 194 : Oddfellows'liall,Wooleton 166 . ./163. f -Sa«to9aii'iiJoH/*.4iv.'- ..* i4OB • 285' Total - ' »i m > !w ' % '...'' : t .^'m '-The^*' > w«# 7? 2 infotmat Voted , »t' Wooleton.