TONGAPORUTU.
FHO.M or K OWN f OUUKSPONUTINT. Jtnh' 10.- -The polling lor rlic Tauinarniiui election. whieh look place yesterday, lemhed as lar as this district is concerned in a substantial majority inr .Mr. Jennings, whose supporters in tills district are very well organised. The polling was not heavy. Uein# considerably less than at iho previous election. The absence «>t quite a number oi" settlors who are out. for a holiday alter the season's hard work will, no doubt, partly account for the small number of voles recorded, but uo great interest wa- shown in me contest. The road over the nmuurain is now in* a deplorable stale. i very much doubt it it lias ever boon worse, and if any man in Taranaki honestly earns hi- wage it is the driver of the mail
coach. A trip over the mountain at iho present time is a hard one ipV passengers, driver and Horses (a big if for the horses, please. Air. Kditorj.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144710, 19 June 1915, Page 5
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162TONGAPORUTU. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144710, 19 June 1915, Page 5
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