MR LINKLATER AND VOTE SPLITTING

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6756, 8 November 1928, Page 6

MR LINKLATER AND VOTE SPLITTING

To the Editor. Sir—You published a letter from writer signing himself “Te Kooti' ’ in. a recent issue of your paper. It was a transparent and cunningly devised move to split votes. Mr. Linklater has not lost or forfeited the confidence of _ Reform supporters, despite “Te Kooti V imaginings. In 1922 Mr. Linklater a majority was 1470; in 1925 his majority was 2074, so he actually polled 604 more votes in his- second appeal to the people than he did in his first appeal. This doesn’t look like lost confidence, does it f In the face of these figures, Mr. Linklater could hardly bo expected to stand down for any man, because they prove beyond a dqubt that his services as member for the district had won him increased support for his first term of office. I think on November 14 he will have a still bigger majority. I am, etc., “ TE BAHPAEAHA,”