TAKING A POLL AT DERRY.
AVIATION.
STRENUOUS VOTING OF SICK
AND MAIMED
London, January 31
A Nationalist victory is forecasted at Derry, after a strenuous record. At noon 75 per cent, of the voters had polled, and there was then a fierc< contest to gather in the remainder. Many remarkable incidents occurred A'man evading a warrant returned, risking arrest, and voted. Bedridden men were carried to the booths. On; Unionist died before ho recorded hi c vote. Several sick Nationalists, ac companied by priests prepared to ad minister the last rites, were carried to the poll.
The city has been proclaimed foi three days as a precaution against riot. Two hundred troops and 50 f constabulary are in readiness.
WIN FOR THE NATIONALISTS
(Received 8.0 a.in.) London, January 31. The result of the election was;— Hogg (Nationalist) ... 2699 Pakenham (Unionist) 2612
GARROS AND HIS AEROPLANE. (Received 8.0 a.m.) Paris, January 31. The Academy Sports Club awarded Garros 10,000 francs for his aeroplane feats.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 28, 1 February 1913, Page 5
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