HARBOUR BOARD ELECTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 8

HARBOUR BOARD ELECTIONS.

'localinterests and.voting .-:; ; :V'\ X ,;■■.• ,;.'.:••:;• .:; -The public generally have not yet begun -to/, take; much interest in the coming elections., of. members of;the r Wellington Harbour ■Board. ''. Inquiries'..which were made • yestorday : .'" among".:. members and others,;who hij.yo been:.spolcen of as,'can T . didatcs. not productive of: much in-, formation: .■■'.-".i| : /:■': ■■'■ ';-' ;■ Mr; K. .Fletcher, who . has < been/one ofrihe representatives:of the ratepayers of, .Wellington :City since 1906, will. again seek-their suffcjages.-. His colleague, .Mr. IV G. Bolton, hwhen.' questioned by ..a Doihijion reporter■: yesterday, ' said:: "In all probability-! I shall be. a. candidate." The;--election, list" year? resulted -as fol-lows:-Mr..-'R'.. Fletcher, 1636; Mr.' ! JV G. : Bolton,, .1098;: VMr. G.: Shirtclifre, 1060; ■Mr. G. Wilson ' 867; - Mr; J. W. Copi'thorhe,;:sso; Mi'.; W.\.T. ; Eildreth,; : ls7:* ,-.'• Considerable should.,-centre' in .the, election o£i;the representative of - the suburban local 'bodies. The. Hutt' County, Council,.: and. the■'■:. Borough:.. Councils" of Petone,,, Lower ; '-Huit,.: Onslow, '.Karori, Miramar, and Eastbourne, wjll send delegates to a.meeting which will elect the member. The voting powers of.the different bodies are ; iiot. equal,- and,if those of the Hutt.and Pe-tone district act together, they.have a 'preponderance :ovcr, all the others. ■.: Mr. ". Jj&W;. MTEwan, Mayor of .Petone, is ; the. present .member, but his. predecessor wasi- Mr.. : P. : Townsend, the then.' Mayor of Miramar. "Both -the;Hutt district and. Miramar have special; and separate.. interests: in. .connection- with' wharf and' rechiination.'-works. ■';■■'":■'.■,}'

.In yesterday'SjiDosninoir. particulars pf the attendances ,oi members of the board at board and committee 'meetings. during the last financial ;year -were * given.. .The following' statenient.shows the attend-, anccs, of the elective members; at board and' committee jmoetings from the ;last election in February, 1908, to September 30, 1909r-Mr. Bolton," 112 out of,a possible 141; Mr. Cohen, 53,0ut of' 74; Mr. Daniell, 72 out ibt 89;' Mr. Fletcher, .111 out of 116; Mr. Harkness, 109 out of 142; Mr. Jones, 84 'out of 112; "Mr. .'MTSwan, 91 out of 112.' : ;! ''~.:' ■'-''■'■ '■>■ ■■

It: is expected: I that public interest in tho Harbour Board elections (whioh take place'on February 14) will become considerably, greater; after- the- board meeting of to-morrowjfweek, •, several important . polioy" niatters and administrative questions. ar<> to be' fully discussed.^