Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Friday 1st January 1904:

The Mid-Devon Division: The Nominations: The nominations of the candidates took place yesterday at the Town Hall, Newton Abbot. The undersheriff, (Mr. W. J. Battishill) acted for the Sheriff of the County (Sir T. D. Acland). Both the candidates were present. The papers handed in numbered 24, each candidate having 12 nominations. They came from different parts of the constituency. Appended is the List: (for Sir Richard Harrison, the Conservative candidate includes) … Highweek: Proposer: Edward Kitson, Paynsford: Seconder, William T. Pinsent: Assentors: C. C. Pound, 10, Union Street, Newton Abbot; R. H. W. Foss; John Webster, John Brealey, Frederick C. Rowe, Homefield; H. Hartland, 40 Courtenay Street, Newton Abbot; E. J. Hobbs, Highbank, Forde Park, E. Steer, Junr. … …


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