WELLINGTON.
Tfee excitement daring the day was consider* stole, but the elections, considering the amount •of fKVty feeling, passed off very qnietly. The crowds at the respective polling booths were orderly and good-humoured, and nothing oooarred to mar the general harmony. The partisans of the respective candidates and the candidates themselves were alert and active, and left no stone untamed to forward their interests. The excitement did not really manifest itself until the afternoon, when the bulk of the voters came np to record their votes. The only accident recorded up to this time is a fracture of an arm Sustained by a oabdriver. The Post had prepared an illuminated surface at the corner of Willis street, opposite the office of the paper, and this was lighted by electricity about 8 o'clock, and its brilliancy attracted a vast crowd, quite blocking the traffic. The poll was declared just before 10, and as the numbers went up there was a lively alternation of cheers and greans. The return of Mr Fisher at the head of the poll evoked immense cheering. Not the slightest disorder occurred, and the whole proceedings passed off quietly, only one arrest being made.
The returns from the southern portion of the Westland electorate will not be available for some days. At present Mr Seddon has 991 and Mr Grimmond 677. The result, therefore, cannot be affected.
GBEYMOUTH.
The returns bo tar give Mr Guinness a majority of 21, after a keen contest and great excitement. All the returns are not in.
A careful soratiny reduces Mr Guinness' majority to 19.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1921, 11 December 1890, Page 16
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370WELLINGTON. Otago Witness, Issue 1921, 11 December 1890, Page 16
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