OPPOSITION CANDIDATE. ELECTED.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 266, 15 May 1907, Page 2

OPPOSITION CANDIDATE . ELECTED.

[PBB FKBBB ASSOCIATION.] New Plymouth, May 14. The polling for the seat rendered vacant by the death of the late Mr E. M. Smith resulted as follows: — Okey (Opposition) ... 1991 Dockrill (Government) 1627 Malone (Liberal) ' ... 1010 Informal ... ... 23 The names on the roll are 6206. All the candidates addressed the multitude, also Mr Carroll and Mr Massey. The latter wag denied a hearing until after Mr Carroll had spoken. Mr Carroll, in his remarks, congratulated the winning candidate, whose success he attributed to su- ■ perior organisation and an unfortunate split in the Liberal-vote. He claimed a large majority and would have won on a straight out go at a general election. Mr Massey accepted the challenge if the issue was made Freehold versus Leasehold. - -

The figures at last election were— Smith 1953, Okey 1717. Bellringer t&S, Tisch 476, Mills 232.