RICCARTON ELECTORATE
CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS Christchurch, Sept, 9.J The retirement of Mr T. H. Lang- I ford, Labour Party candidate, as a 1 contestant for the Riccarton electorate has been announced. Mr Langford has recently had a severe illness and although ho is now making good progress he said to-day that his doctors would not allow him to fight an election. The Riccarton Labour Rcpresenta--1 Lon Committee met on Monday evening to consider further nominations. No official announcement has yet been ; made, but it is believed that only one name, that of Mr B. J. McKenna, was submitted. The secretary, Mr A. « Biggs, said it would probably be a J week before the new candidate could - be '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19410910.2.90
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 10 September 1941, Page 6
Word Count
116RICCARTON ELECTORATE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 10 September 1941, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in