ELECTION DECLARED VOID.
SYDNEY, Aug. 26. Mr Justice Maxwell, in. the Court of Disputed Returns, has granted the petition of W. C. Milne to have the Gordon polling in the last State election declared void on the ground of irregularities regarding postal votes. Mr H. B. Turner, who had been declared elected bv a majority of nine votes, and Mr Milne will ggain contest the by-election as United Australia Party candidates.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 10
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71ELECTION DECLARED VOID. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 10
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