A crowd gathers outside a tobacconist shop in Masterton on election day, 22 July 1884. The three effigies on top of the building represent the candidates in the Wairarapa North seat: George Beetham (a dandy), R. E. Hawkins (a pirate) and Alexander Hogg (a pig). After the election, which was won by Beetham, the effigies were auctioned off.

Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Reference: F-11707-1/2

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