THE PALMERSTON FIGHT. MR. MASSEY'S THANKS.
"WON BY A DIRTY SUBTERFUGE," SAYS MR. WOOD. FBt Tklk.hafh —Special to The Post.l PALMERSTON N., This Day. "«The red lose of Lancaster has triumphed over the white rose of York," said Mr. Massey last night, in speaking to an assembly of four thousand people outside a newspaper office. The allusion ' was to the red and white roses worn respectively by Messrs. Buick's and Wood's supporters in yesterday's contest. Mr. Massey thanked the electors for the support given the Opposition candidate, which he regarded as a great compliment to himself and the party. He said he had never known a more keenly contested election than that of yesterday. Mr. Buick also thanked Lhe electors. Mr. Wood, tho defeated candidate, spoke, but was not very happy in some of his remarks. He &aid he had been defeated "by a dirty subterfuge. 1 ' Every power on earth had been brought to defeat him, and they had done it, "but," he said, "I will take my defeat like a white man, and if any ot you say I can't I am still man enough to come down among you and show you that I can." He expressed thanks lo." the support given. As {showing the excellent oiganisation yesterday, 57 move votes weig polled them last Xueedtfr.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 125, 25 November 1908, Page 3
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THE PALMERSTON FIGHT. MR. MASSEY'S THANKS.
Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 125, 25 November 1908, Page 3
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