BAY OF ISLANDS
THE BY-ELECTION.
VICTORY FOR GOVERNMENT
CANDIDATE.
(Pit* UMtTEt) Pr»KB AaaOfTATtOK.)
WELLINGTON, June 8. Ihe last advice received by the chief electoral officer from the Bay of Islands was that, witn one return to come, the figures were:—
WILLIAM STEWART ... 3196 George G. Menzies 2210
STATEMENT BY SIR J. G. WARD. IP*B UsilTin Hmtus AssociATiriM AUCKLAND, Juno 8. Sir Joseph Ward arrived here to-ni<*ht from Whangarei and the Bay of Islands. Referring to the result of the by-eleo-tion, he said he accepted the verdict of the electors philosophically. His party had fought a hard, fair fight, and Mr Menzies had done the best he could in a huge electorate m the' limited time at his disposal. Sir J. G. Ward declined 'to make any statement on the political situation until after the Taumarunui election was dccided.
The result of the polling in December r^' ai: —V. H. Reed (Ministerial), 2328; Dr Te Rangihiroa (Opposition), 2220; G. Wilkinson (Ministerial), 1576.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16405, 9 June 1915, Page 5
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