LONDONDERRY BYELECTION.
'.'NATIONALIST VICTORY FORECASTED. .i : EXTRAORDINARY SCENES AT ; -POLLING BOOTHS. • PRECAUTIONS AGAINST RIOTING. "United Press Association —By Electrio 1 - Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, ■ January 31. m-A Nationalist victory is forecasted at ■ ■ Londonderry after a strenuous record. - At noon 75 per cent or the votes 1 had been polled. Then there .'svas a fierce- contest to gather in the t remainder. t n . V J*-There were many remarkable mciCdente. A man evading a warrant* rerisking, arrest, and voted. Bedridden men were carried mt-c tho" booths. One Unionist died befm-e •Jhe could record his vote. Several sicl accompanied by priests ? prepared to administer the last rites ' ■Were- carried to the poll. ,-" r Th"e city has proclaimed three days 'precautions against riot. Two hun - sre.d troops and five hundred constabu ;.j|ary are in readiness.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10683, 1 February 1913, Page 8
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