THE HUTT ELECTION.
Friday was the day appointed for making the official declaration of the result of the recent election at the Hutt. The day being miserably cold, scarcely any people assembled at the principal polling-place, Lower Hutt, the result being known beforehand, rendering it unnecessary or undesirable for the electors to leave their comfortable firesides for the ptirpose of participating in the ceremony. At 4.15 p.m., the appointed hour, the Returning Officer, Mr. E. Baker, announced the poll, which did not differ from the rough statement already published. He then declared Henry Jackson, Esq., duly elected as the representative of the Hutt constituency in the House of Representatives. Mr. Jackson then came forward and said, — Gentlemen, I fuel n.>t only thankful but grateful for ihe high honor you have done me. The trust that you have reposed in me shall never be The hearty and cordial support yon have yiven to my candidature inspires me with a confidence that the political views I have Lciven. out are in accord with your own, and I therefore now feel myself free to further those views in Parliament. Gentlemen, I trust when I next meet you I shall then be able to assert that in all my political actions I have supported "measures, and not men." Before I conclude, I desire to express my warmest thanks to Mr. Mason for the friendly manner in which he has personally conducted this contest, and I trust now that the election is over that we will all he united in our efforts to promote the welfare of the colony and the interests of the Hutt district. (Hear, heai\) Mr. Jackson concluded by warmly thanking the Returning Officer for the manner in which the election had been conducted under his auspices. Mr. Mason, who had only just arrived, expressed his thanks to those who hud voted for him, and he also desired to thank those who had not supported him for the creditable manner in which the election had been conducted. The proceedings then terminated.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 387, 12 July 1879, Page 20
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339THE HUTT ELECTION. New Zealand Mail, Issue 387, 12 July 1879, Page 20
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