PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
MR G. J. SMITH RETURNED. PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, July 18. The election for the vacant Christchurch seat passed off very quietly today, and the polling was small, only 9707 votes being cast out of 17,355 on the roll. It was generally anticipated that- the contest between Mr G. J. Smith and Mr Chas. Taylor would be close and that Mr Turnbull’s support of denominational grants would mean loss of ground to him. The totals of the poll are: G. J. Smith 3912 Chas Taylor 3418 A. H. Turnbull ... 2377
Interest in the contest seemed to he aroused in the evening, when crowds assembled in the vicinity of the newspaper offices, several thousand congregating in front of the “Lyttelton Times” building, from which all three candidates returned thanks to their supporters. THE PATBA CONTEST. PATEA, July 18.
When the t e i e ßraph office close tonight (11 o’clock) the polling stood as follows : Mr Haselden ... ... 790 Mr Heslop (16 Mr Remington ... 440 The results from twenty-five polling places have yet to come t° hand. The voting will he close.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4412, 19 July 1901, Page 5
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