THE GENERAL ELECTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17348, 20 December 1919, Page 10

THE GENERAL ELECTION

V— 11—— . ' ■ OFFICIAL COUNT IN PROGRESS i CITY AND SUBURBAN SEATS. GREY LYNN FIGURES REVISED. r, In all the electoral offices of the city and suburbs the process cvgrthmhuk% comparing the rolls used by the deputy-returning officers was in full swing during yesterday, and in most cases it will be completed ,; to-day. In any event, the official counts • of the voting-papers will begin some time 1 on Monday, and the results, as far as I the electoral returns are concerned, should a be completed for publication about l Wednesday. T The official count for the Grey Lynn f electorate was finished yesterday under J the direction of the returning officer, Mr. * G. C. W. Morris. The return of votes t polled in the electorate on Wednesday is t as follows — i Bartram ... 3055 Miss Melville 2576 i Fowlds 2334 i Garmson 195 Richardson 174 -, ~ s Majority for Bartram ... 479 \ This return does not include absent £ votes. . 1 PREMIER CONGRATULATED. ; < HUNDREDS OF TELEGRAMS. « QUAINT MESSAGE RECEIVED. < Among hundreds of telegrams of con- j gratulation received by the Prime Minister ' since the election is one from the Prime # Minister of the Commonwealth, Mr. * Hughes. . One message which was sent to Mr. Massey is worth chronicling. It ran as follows :—■ * . "Congratulations. Second Chronicles, ' chapter fifteen, verse seven." J The reference was to this verse, "Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded." A telegram received by the Prime Minister from an Auckland admirer reads :— ; "riearty congratulations, Bill, but don't forget to metal the Rangiriri road." . ( i THE WALLACE SEAT. ' 1 i POSITION STILL IN DOUBT. \ [BY. TELEGRAPH. association.] , INVEKCABGILL. Friday. ' The latest figures for the Wallace seat are:—A. Hamilton -(G),, 2779; J. C. Thomson (O), 2743. There are still 150 votes to be counted and 123 absent permits were issued. ' REPRESENTATIVE OF AWARUA. MR. HAMILTON'S CAREER. The new member for Awarua, Mr. John Ronald Hamilton, was born at Forest Hill, i near Winton, about 46 yeaTs ago. and is the second eldest of nine sons. His i father, Mr.\ John Hamilton, was one of i the early settlers of Southland and took i an active and prominent part in the de- , velopment of Southland and its local gov- > ernment in the early days. The successful candidate received his education at the Forest Hill school, and was engaged in farming at Forest Hill North for a number of years before selling out and setting up a farmers' agency business in Winton. In this firm of J. R. Hamilton and Co., he is in partnership with his brother Adam, who contested the Wallace seat, and has a small ma- , jority over the retiring member. Mr. J. R. Hamilton married a Miss Hunter, of Winton, where he has made his home, and now has a family of three sons and a daughter. For a number of years past he has taken an active interest in public affairs as a member of the Southland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, and also as a member of the Southland . County Council, of which he has been j chairman. This is the third occasion on ' which he has taken the platform as a r candidate in opposition to Sir Joseph - Ward. i