THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.
POLLING DAY. THIS DAY.
At an early hour on Monday morning the partizans of the candidates standing for the New Plymouth electorate were astir, anr3 notwithstanding the damp and gloomy state of the atmosphere, they showed a remarkable amount of vigour. All the cabs, brakes, e'o., were in requisition, nud were busily employed all day in bringlug voters to the booth to record their votos. Tho polling booths in the country portion of the eleetorftts were not so/ely ÜBed by the country people, as a great number of them caaae into town on Monday mornintr, presumably 10 record at the town booth. Groups of the "free and independent electors" were to be seen in the vicinity of the Institute building, discussing the knotty points in political matters, and although a little heat was perhaps shown by some, on the whole nothing but good fellowship prevailed.
At the hour of " going to press Mr. Samuel, we believe, was several hundred ahead of the other candidates, who were in a hopeless minority.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7980, 26 September 1887, Page 2
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173THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7980, 26 September 1887, Page 2
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