THE FIGHT IN THE WAIRARAPA
GOYKIiN MINT'S vremitiKs .ACCi.Aniioi-). 'By Telesraph.-Spccial GorroEpo>u I cnt. Mastertcn, December IT. tjr.dnubledlv mm id the chief reasins fen' tho great, milliliter (if voles recorded v/it.' llio pel'lcc! weather which prevailed all'dii.v. I-'rom 9 "•>"■ «>i»':ir<!-- a steady stream of curs conveyed the oleetor-, lii flip principal pnllim; booth at Hip .Municipal Hall, and a.l llio co'iulry booths also ttio vofin-; was heavy. Tlip lohl number of votes registered was IMS, as compared Willi 05111 duriiijr the 1 (.•'.•using referendum this year. Tlip total number ■01- tho roll wns MIR The crowd wlfieli assembled onlsidfl the "Arc" oilier where I he rcs-nlls ivore poslod Wii« imlerly and l'Ooil-ii-.i lurid, and ill- HUD o'clock numbered between three nnrl four llinusaiid people As liiß lißiivcs fw tho various polling booths were nu-
ncunced il was evident by the npplaUKO that the splendid fight !«il up by A. (' Ilnlms was appreciated. Mr. A. I). .M'l,c;>d's vielnrv in Ihe Wairarapa oleclerute was "reeled with loud and prolonged applause. (la. the final results beini! announced, Mr. Svkcs attempted lo speak from the "Age''' Iti'conv, but w;is unable to proceed owni' tii the uproar below. Tho 1.-juniir candidate, Ulr. Alex M'Lcnd, howevei'. iip-.-.'iiled for a fair hearing for the winner, and asked them to icmemher dial allli.iii",li Ihe l.al;:ur candidate wn» defeated the pavlv still fitoml for li;-ili-di fa '• "'Mv. Mr. Sv!;c- their again look tlie iilalVorm. lie specially 'hanked ihe e.nrne-t men who had worked for him diii'ir.g the. past weeks. A voice: "Hive.ma a hou-o to live m. I'm in n tent." .■mother voice: 'Tm a Hnbdievil;. I'm going flow." .Mr. Sykc- proceeded amidst further interruptions—in the. main gocd-nnlured— to ilale that if would alwuvs he his best endeavour lo fulfil. t'Je pledges be had made during his enmpiiien. (A. voice: "Whin about Tiraumea?"); .In conclusiwi. Hie speaker offered hU congratulations to the id he- candidates for Ihe splendid fish! the.-, had put up. 'The oilier candidate; delivered ad-clii-sps on similar lines, Later on, when the returns from the olher electorates bemiii lo eome in, and il was shown Hint the L'heraU were lint pellinu- we!!, il. was evh!i"il Unit the ("!oyere'iienl's vielerie". in Ihe various seals were nnniila'-. Mr. i!:-,millo"iV lend over Sir Jo=oph Wind was ive-ted with minimise, ns nl-o was Colonel Mitchell's victor;- over Mr. S?mple.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 72, 18 December 1919, Page 11
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