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Fair Play, Volume I, Issue 6, 9 December 1893, Page 7

Electoral Competition. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. OUR PRIZES. £5 ss. £5 ss. Had we thought, when offering our prizes for the above competition, that such a mass of replies would have been showered upon us, we would have made arrangements to have given our readers the results of the competition earlier. It is astonishing with what rapidity competitions of every kind meet with public favour. The one in question was replied to by readers from every place in the colony from the NORTH GAPE TO THE BLUFF. The competitors were not confined to one class by any means, as a great number of the leading people of the colony, tried for the chance of being the winner. The coupons which we have received, have come from all sorts and conditions of men; from the clergyman to the pew opener and from the captain of a big ocean liner to the bottle washer of a coal hulk, all seemed intent on winning the prize offered by Fair Play. A well-known member of the ministry who lives down South was clever enough to place two of the winners but, unfortunately (for him) went asti’ay on -his thud man. Judging from the hand-writing and the quality of many of the envelopes containing coupons, our competition has been very popular with the ladies, but only two succeeded in placing the candidates in their proper order, they weie Miss Caroline Liez and Miss Lillie Carte, who gave Sir Robert’s polling as 4700 and 3922 respectively. Candidates all over the colony competed but they were as a rule farther away from the result than the public generally. One man in Westport was economical enough to forward his calculation for the price and forget to pay postage on his letter. The success of the competition is assured when we state that 11,063 coupons were received giving the various names of the candidates as likely to be successful. One gentleman in Wellington sent this rather astonishing reply as to his idea of the candidates who would be returned, JAMES PETHERICK, GEORGIE LETT, THOMAS TRAVERS, with votes for leading candidate, 3,000. Neither Mr. Petherick nor the above-mentioned Georgie Lett ran for Parliament, and as for “Tommy” Travers, as our correspondent calls him, he was at the top of the poll, only it was at the wrong extremity, and he might be spoken of as having unfortunately-had the penny of political opportunity come down tails instead of heads in the recent election toss. Another answer, froma youngster, read as follows : “ Dear Sir, —I hope you will not think I am greedy for sending so many coupons, but when there’s five guineas in the go, there’s nothing like trying.” He did try manfully, but he was clean out'of it. NINETEEN ONLY of the vast number of competitors were correct in placing the successful candidates in the proper order, and the following were the nearest:— W. FRAZER (Wellington) ... 6291 J. L. MACDONALD (Wellington) 6536 W. D. WYATT (Wellington)- ... 5861 W. SATCHELL (Auckland) ... 6784 E. L. BEAVIL (address not intelligible) ... ... 5060 • J. J. BOYLE (Wanganui) ... 5001 As Sir Robert polled 6218 votes, Mr. Frazer, of Ingestre Street, is the, nearest competitor, and will receive the £5 ss. The prize for the one who gave the closest figures to the total number of votes polled in the colony cannot be announced yet, as the official returns have not been compiled. In next week’s issue the name of the successful competitor will be announced.