SIB WILLIAM RUSSELL AFTER THE POLL. WILL STAND AGAIN.
|Il* TKLEGRAI'a .- -FKBisS »«s«OCIATTOH.j HASTINGS, This Day. After the result was made known, Sir William Russell, speaking to about 4000 people, said he assured them he did not stan<? foi Hawkes Bay fjom any special desire of his own, but because he felt he had a special public duty to perform. He felt he had been beaten on his own merits alone — (cries of "no !" — because his committees had worked energetically on his behalf, whilst the ladies committee had treated him in such a manner that though defeated, be felt a proud and happy man. It had been said that he was too old for political life, but he took this earliest opportunity of asking them to back him at the next election. Ho hoped that when Mr. Dillon retired from public life hf- would ,be ablp to say he served his constituency as faithfully and well as he had done. He thanked those who voted for him as -well as those- who voted against him, although many of the latter liad worn his colours. Three hearty cheers wera given for Sir William and Lady Rilssell.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 125, 25 November 1908, Page 8
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SIB WILLIAM RUSSELL AFTER THE POLL. WILL STAND AGAIN.
Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 125, 25 November 1908, Page 8
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