GENERAL ELECTION.
NATIONAL LIBERALS’ MEETING • Per Press Association. ELTHAM, May 8. A. meeting of delegates from the outlying centres of the electorate and Eltham National Liberals held last night was attended by over 40 persons. Rahotu supported the nomination of Mr W. C. Green, of Rahotu, 'as the candidate to contest tho seat in the interests of the party but was willing to withdraw in favour of any solected candidate. Tho meeting unanimously favoured Mr C. A. Wilkinson as the representative of tho party’s interests. Mr Wilkinson gave a noncommittal reply, stating that if he accepted the nomination it would be as an independent. The meeting elected a strong Eltham committee and decided on the organisation of the electorate. It also postponed the selection of a candidate' until a further meeting in Eltham in a month’s time.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1928, Page 8
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137GENERAL ELECTION. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1928, Page 8
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