GENERAL ELECTION.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15203, 16 October 1919, Page 3

GENERAL ELECTION.

I.UwiTßi * i<F s Association.] . Oamaru, Oct. 15. Mr J. A. Macpherson, a former member of tho House, contests the Oamaru scat as a Liberal. EltSiam, Oct. 16. Mr Oswald Hawken was to-daj chosen to represent tno Kelorm lar^ in the Egmont election. Messrs D. L. A. Asthury vlndopoudent liberal) and D. J. Hughes (Labour) are also candidates. Mr. George Barclay, of Little Itivc:, has received a teiograui from tin Joseph Ward intiniaiuig tJiat he iian been accepted as the onicial candidate for Eliesmore in tno i.ioeral interest. xUr. liarcia.v, wiio is a farmer, has been connected for many years wich various local bodies. Mr. 0. H. Poole having announceu his •■■decision not to again contest tlie Auckland West seat tor private reasons, Mr. A. J. Entrkaii, a leading merchant and Deputj»-iuayor of Auckland, will stand for the seat as a Progressive Liberal. Assuming mat Mr. W. tl. Field will seek re-election, there will be live candidates for the Otaki seat. The lat^si, entries are: Mr. 0. J. Harkness, farmer, of Oliau, and secretary of the Kuku Dairy Company, who will be au Independent; Mr. j£. Macdonalu, fanner, of Te Horo, «ts a LihenuLabour; and Mr A. J. R. Isherwood, proprietor of the Railway Hotel, Otaki, in Liberal interest. Mr J. M'Kenzie, . Labour candidate, has already commenced his campaign. The Patea seat is to be contested bj Mr. W. Morrison (Liberal) and Mr. G. V. Pearee (Reform).