WELLINGTON SOUTH.
R. A. Wright (0.) 3456 W. H. P. Barber (G.) ... 2893 Tho voters rallied to the polling booths in almost as strong a force in the second ballot contest for Wellington South as they did at the first encounter. The simplicity of the issue did away with ■ practically all the invalid vote trouble. There wero only iS of the invalid votes yesterday, as opposed to over a hundred last week. The returns arrived quickly, and soon showed a considerable majority for Mr. Wright, who led in every case except at Berhampore and Constable-street. The result was known in less than an hour after the closing of the pulls. The voting was as follows : — (Number on roll, 8322.) Polling Booth Barber Wiight High School 473 63.5 Riddiford-street ... 561 567 Berhampore 42 40 Wallace-street 291 452 Taranaki-etreet ... 447 508 Brooklyn 393 517 Vogeltown ... ... 30 46 Wordsworth-street ... 247 339 Constable-street ... 409 354 Totals 2893 3456 Valid rotes, 0349 ; informal, 19. Majority for Wright, 563. The voting at the poll on Tuesday, 17th inst., was as follows: — Wright, 2362; Earner, 2617; Chapman, 687; Forbes, 407; Hogg, 237, Murrell, 91; Johnston, 14.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 125, 25 November 1908, Page 3
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WELLINGTON SOUTH.
Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 125, 25 November 1908, Page 3
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