EGMONT ELECTORATE

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 62, 26 May 1928, Page 5

EGMONT ELECTORATE

(MR WILKINSON AISjKED TO STAND,

FAVOURABLE CONSIDERATION,}/ j l PROMISED. ,; ~,. -0.;m ■.,.

Yesterday morning a deputation of about thirty settlers representing the Warea 1 and Omata districts waited on Mr C.'A. Wilkinson at New Plymouth with a request that he become a candidate for the Egmont electorate at the next general election. The spokesman, Mr'Gatenby,, said the deputation was not representative of any party but came in : an independent spirit, They considered, Mr Wilkinson was the right man to represent the- d*s trict and that,a ; change was needed. Mr Wilkinson said he would give the matter favourable consideration provided the expression from other districts was ; to,'the effect that a change was needed, and that he was required. ;-•-,- A meeting of electors favourable to Mr Wilkinson's candidature will be held at Okato on Wednesday.