POLITICAL TOSS-UP.
GOVERNMENT lose mataura INDEPENDENTS HOLD BALANCE OP POWER. Owing to the wrong crediting of 99 votes in the Matauxa. constituency, tie Hon. G. J. Anderson now appears unseated by Mr D. Mc(United) by 165 votes.’ There are still 460 votes to be ■- counted. The state of parties is now estimated as follows: Reform .. .. 29 United 26 Labour 19 % Independent 5 Country Party .. .. 1 ® Official counts for scats which until recently were in doubt are given below: — CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH. E. J. Howard (L.) .... 5171 C. S. McCullv (U.) ... 4738 W. 11. Manhire (E.) . . 1374 Informal . .. 73 Majority for Howard 433 GREY LYNN. J. S.-Fletcher (LI.) .... 5489 F. N, Bar tram- (L.) .... 5425 P. B, Fitzherbert' (R.) 684 'Mrs L. Paterson (I.) .. 72 Informal ..........
Majority for Fletcher 64 WAIKATO. »F. Lye (U.) 2978 D. S, Reid (R.) ...... 2889 P. Keegan (C.) ........ 1897 Majority for Lye .. 89 Mr Lye’s majority has been .increased from 39. There are still a fevy absentee votes to come in, but they cannot .affect the result. MID-CANTERBURY. D. Jones (R.) ....... 4137 J. Connollv (II.) 4082 «C. M. Williams (L.) 905 C. W. Wight-man (I.) 242 WAIRAU. Healy 4759 Girling 4467 Majority for Healy .. 292 KAIAPOI. R. W. Hawke (U.) .... 3216 J. A. Fleslier (R.) .... 3120 Mrs E. R. McCombs (L.) 2980 Majority for Hawke .. 140 Informal 87
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 November 1928, Page 4
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