MR HOLLAND HAS LONG DAY

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26516, 3 September 1951, Page 6

MR HOLLAND HAS LONG DAY

VOTE CAST AT 9 AX TO BED AT 2 A.M. (From Our Own Rtpofttt) WELLINGTON, September 1 The Prime Minister (Mr HolW heard the election results from a wit in the General Post Office in Welling ton last night. He did not get to bet until 2 a.m. Mr Holland stayed u> this mofning at his Ministerial in Pipitea street, but he was not mi ing. He started at 7 a.m. to go IhKW accumulated Cabinet papers. Soon after casting his vote at J W yesterday in a booth near his home, k left with his family for his weeM" house at Paraparaumu belch, aM ®" not return to Wellington until 9 Soon after 8 p.m. he went to the Pnj* Minster's Suite at the Wellington Ifr Office, where all the election were posted on a huge board M as they were received. With hiHt W his wife and daughters. ' > Once again the first electorate» provide the final return was Kaiw the figure for which ’ was posted • 7.25 p.m. A few minutes later the to* return was posted for Wellington Ce» tral, and then the results came in* flood. By 9 p.m. 47 final results w been received. w The Deputy-Chief Electoral <Mr L. Irwin) said to-day that It *> the fastest he had known results» come through. Soon after 9 p.m., when it wtf » vious that the Government ’ returned, Mr Holland began to PJ pare his broadcast. At 1030 P®- ’ walked Into a small transmitting w® in the post office and spoke. wishers clustered along the cwn®®’ and outside the transmitting roOM *® shook Mr Holland by the hand * patted him on the beck. „ ~ About 11 p.m. Mr Holland MJ® Post Office and went to the Club and to the headquarters of® Wellington division of the Naw>» Party. Arriving home about 1 W - ? found about 12 friendi and wishers outside his Pipitea wr house. He invited them to SUP9* retired at 2 a.m. /.fEL To-morrow Mr Holland will ba on duty in his office trying to up on arrears which piled up his 18 days’ campaign. *