HOW WILL THE MINERS STAND THE SHOCK.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17698, 19 November 1925, Page 1

HOW WILL THE MINERS STAND THE SHOCK.

BY

SINBAD.

T’-c Lyttelton mid Westland scraps, which have so long been hanging fire, at hst are settled now ( perhaps), unless the losers shou’d require a Magistrate to check the poll, examine all the scrutineers and eve*y voter on the roll and count the vo'es again for year', examine every watermark on every voting; paper no 1. to find bv methods deep and dark if any rule lias been abused; and then if all are satisfied, and both the candidates content, we'll know the man on cither side, whom wc have sent to Parliament. Just now it certainly would so in. from all the tidings wo have heard, that Loons has attained his dream, "hi e J : nimy Mac has got the bird ; and over on the wild West Coast Chough even there there is a doubt) Toni Sddon can a triumph boast, O’Brien being booted out. This is a shock, as one can tell, for those who hear the crimson rag, and cherished plans this year as well to hear the Opposition flog. Such a defeat will surely bo, a thing that Labour will not like, and I’d not Ivc surprised i<> :-ce, the miners going out nu Ktrik-e-