NATIONALIST VICTORY FORECASTED.
Received January 31, 11.45 p.m. LONDON, January 31. A Nationalist victory is forecasted at Londonderry after a strenuous recoro. At noon 75 per cent, of the voters had polled. Th.on there was a fierce con* test to gather in the remainder. There were many remarkable incidents. A man evaded a warrant, and returned, risking arrest, to vote. Bedridden men wens carried to the booths. One Unionist died before he had recorded his vote. Several sick Nationalists, accompanied by priests prepared to administer the last rites, were carried to tho doII.
In case of a riot, two hundred troops and five hundred constabulary are in readiness.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12857, 1 February 1913, Page 5
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