MR HISLOP DEFEATS MR AITKEN.
\FKB FBBBS ASSOCIATION 1 Wellington, April 29. Not for many years has the contest for the Mayoralty of AVellington excited so much interest as that which was decided to-day. The sitting Mayor, the Hon. T. W. Hislop, and an ex-Mayor, Mr J. G. Aitken, M.P. for Wellington East, were early in the field and conducted a vigorous campaign for five weeks. The polling today was very heavy and the streets were crowded to-night with people anxious to know the result. The total shows that 14,812 votes were cast, as compared with 8600 last year. The result is as follows: Hislop 9192, Aitken 5549; majority for Hislop 3634. Mr Hislop addressed some thousands of electors from the Times balcony and then went to the Town Hall to address a large crowd awaiting him there.
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Feilding Star, Volume II, Issue 559, 30 April 1908, Page 3
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