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TIE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
There is a good deal of interest being
displayed this year in connection with
the Bairnsdale municipal elections, and
the personnel of the shire council will
be considerhabl, varied appears cer
tain. There are fire vacancies to be
filled-two in the east riding repre
senation and one each in the three
remaining divisions.
The retiring councillor in the centre
riding representation is Cr. '. W. L.
Jackson. Up to the present, no one
has challenged him to a contet for the
scat.
Cr. Deery, the retiring member for
the south riding,, announces that he
will not oiffer himself, for, re-election,
owing to the demandst made upon his
time by his private business. . 1r W_
Lipscombe, of Paynesille, is announced
as a candidate for the vacant seat.
In the east riding Cr. Roberts re
tires of his own accord, as ihe contem
plates severing his connection with the
district at an'early date Cr. Jeffers's
seat becomes vacant by eflozien of
time. Mr 3L Co nihan, of Wy Yang,
is a candidate for one seat.
In the west riding an opponent has
been found for the retiring member,
Cr. F. Holloway, in the person of Mr
a-s. Buchanan, of Moormnrng, whose
candidatore is.already announced
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