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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 100.
April 18, 1891.
LEAVES FROM A CANDIDATE'S DIARY.
[CONTINUED.]
_March 13_.--Left Billsbury this morning by nine o'clock train, and
came back to London. Brought with me the _Billsbury Standard_, and
the _Billsbury Meteor_ (the Radical paper.) Both have accounts of last
night's meeting. Rather different, though.
_BILLSBURY STANDARD_.
The era of indecision is past. In another column we give a
full account of the important meeting of the Council of the
Conservative Association, which was held last night for the
purpose of selecting a Conservative Candidate for Billsbury.
The proceedings were enthusiastic and unanimous ... Mr.
RICHARD B. PATTLE, the selected Conservative Candidate, is
a young man of the highest promise. He had a distinguished
career at Oxford, where he obtained honours in History, and
represented his College in the Torpid races for eight-oared
crews. Since then he has been called to the Bar, where he
has already secured a lucrative practice.
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