ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3344, 2 December 1893, Page 7

ALEXANDRA.

Thb ? here |ft 'the l ! Tate! election ,went,<j;ff very. .quiotly. |A few : i spoftefl ] pack's feathers/ jn;j their' Ijats during the day \iut they were .partlcaJ Jarly enthusiastic,, as the-return.,6{ Mr Peacocke, was,'even in their esfcimiition of, a very 'doubtful' character, judging hom public'opinion. After the close of the poll, a good number of thoso who had voted caine from the out districts Who hatj ,vot9d ; at other places but s whojwere anxjous ,tq> hearse final result when wired fyTWWAiKATdTiMBsI Olfr Harapepe," wKd.hiid yp.ted atTe, Rore, was one who walked jiir arid j k'epV lis from' bWrig monotonous; by giving us his'opininniji of things ! in ( general' arid of'the! Alexandra folks in.'particular. Some-complain.that hiswritings arey.dull reading, not<so when yon get to hear himij,speak,;.then,;heiis forciblejindeedT-very forcible-especiallyi in jiis ailjectives., He,>vas attentively listened; aiid the.yictim ot a little good jchaff which he took very good htfmoureclijr.'{Thus passed, the" evpning, and, as the first returns came in- a majority for Lang, 'the' 1 hopes • of ! the' supporters; of Mr Peacocks'fell lowers arid - lower ami few of them remained to hear the final result of the s polling; I which : was; received; by Mr Lang's supporters) with cheer after cheer. So with mutual good njght; or, rather, morninp—all retired well satisfied that the turmoil of the election had so satisfactory terminated, '