MAORI ELECTIONS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9605, 21 December 1896, Page 3

MAORI ELECTIONS.

: — «» '.<-■* The contest for the SQμthern Maori eleo« tion was very keen, and more votes were recorded than at the election of 1893, when the voting was—Tame Parata 367, Teoti Pita Mutu 182. We are indebted to Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., Returning Officer, for the information that the votes polled, so far as the returns reached him on Saturday after the polling, were — Parata 254, R. M. Taiaroa 125,' Brihana 111, Mutu 92. There were one or two small returns to come' whioh would not affect the result. At several of the pahs, the Natives indulged in squibs and cartoons, the latter principally depicting the candidates on race horses, and there- was a > good deal of anxiety for the result at Kafopoi, where it was made known at our agency about 8 p.m. (PRKSS ; ASSOCIATION TBLBGKAMtf.) RUSSELL, December 20. The result of the-local poll for the Northern Maori district waa Hone Heke 75, Eprama Kapa 1. ... PISBORNE, December 20. The Eastern Maori electorate returns to hand so far give Wi Pere 1802 votes, Tare Meti 377, Maika Taruka 156;. Tamati Tautahi6Bß, Eriata Nopera 55. *THe returns from thirty-four polling places, the bulk of them in the Rotor ua district, have yet to come, but it is thought that Wi Pereta election is certain.