FINAL LIKELY TOMORROW

Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1946, Page 4

FINAL LIKELY TOMORROW

RESULT IN O TAKI ELECTORATE Xt is expected " that the fin'al count of voting in the Otaki eleCtorate will be •eOmpleted. "tomorrow, and that the result will -be known aboift 'noon. The Tet'tirhing officCr, Mr. H. j. Henaerson, a'dvised today that the scrtitiny of the roll was completed last evening and that a start was made this morning with the counting of votes. The preliminary count gave Mr. J. J. Maher (National). 6191 votes and Mr. J ames Thorn (Labour) 6180, a fnajority of 11 Ifor Mr. Maher. There are f822 albsente'e and 300 pos'fai votes, as well as some declaracion Ydtes, to be added. From Other Blecttfrates ■ The following are -final -figures from some ornside electorates, togethe'r with the change ih majdrity on the preliminary count. Brooklyn: P. Fraser (L) 81#5, Stewart Hardy (N) 4257. Majority , for Fraser 3888, an increase of 9t)j V Napier: A. E. Armsirong (L) 771-7, A. j. Price (N) 5910. Majority for Armstrong 1807, an increase of 17. New PlT,mouth: E. P. Aderman (N) 7418, G. Nimmo '(L) ' 701r0. Majority for Aderman 4*08, an increase of 99. Remuera: R. M. Alg'ie (N) 846"5, J. Freeman (L) 4060. Majority for Algie 4405, an increase of 397. North Shore: A. M. Finlay (L) 6958, H. T. Morton (N) 6726. Majority for Finlay 232, a decrease of 133. Onehunga: A. 'G. Osborne (L) 8693, W. K. King (N) 5204. Major,ity for Osborne 3399, an increase of '191. i Fraliklin: J. N. Massey (N) 8532. A. D. J. Gunn (L) 4508. Majority for Massey 4024, an increase of -336. Otahuhu: C. R. Petrie (L) 6883, A. Murdoch (N) 6693. Majority for . Petrie 190, a decrease of 46.