THE ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3064, 27 April 1917, Page 6

THE ELECTIONS

MAYOR GRATIFIED

TRIBUTE TO MR. T. BUSH

Referring to the results 'of Wednesday's City Council election, the Mavor (Mr. J. l>. Luke) expressed himself"to a Dominion reporter yesterday as behi" highly gratified with the citizens' choice" '1 take it," said Mr. Luke, "that is endorse.? tJie work of the council during the past two years. It j s giatifyin" to see that the whole of the old coimcll who stood again, with one exception," havo been returned, as it can only be interpreted as the public's approval of the work that has been done duMn« their past period of office. The excep" tioii mentioned is Councillor Thomas Bush, whom I regret was not returned, and who was, in my humble opiiion, a, very valuable member of the council, ivho carried out ungrudgingly and with alacrity the duties he was called upon to perform as a. councillor. Tho opinion of the public was what they all had to aocept, and on this occasion he thought that the latest council they hafl returned was a sound one, and/every individual member of it would, he was sure, bring to boar upon the affairs of.the city al the ability and capacity for work they possessed, so that when affairs gener-' ally were normal again they would be ready to advance the interests, of the ctty on the most progressive lines. Re-oount Proceeding. The whole of the figures in connection with tho three elections ' held! on Wednesday were gone over again by Mr. James Ames, jun. (the assistant of the chief, returning officer), as the result of whioh it is not necessary to make any correction in the figures published yesterday morning, which is a tribute to Mr: Ames's accuracy. •Before the result of the council. Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, and Harbour Board elections can be declared officially, a re-count and check of the rolls used at each and every booth has to be made. The preliminary arrangements for that work were made yesterday, and a start was made with the re-count last evening. Mr. Ames anticipates that it will take at least ten days more-rprobably a fortnight. Harbour Board Chairmanship. The first meeting of the new board will be held on May 2, when the chairman for the ensuing two years will be elected. It is possible that there may be a contest for the position., ,■■■■

The New Hospital Board'. In yesterday's Dominion were published the result of the election of those 14 members of, the Welington. Hospital and, Charitable Aid Board who are elected by the burgesses of Wellington. In addition to those members there are six others who represent the various contributing bodies in the Hospital District of Wellington. The personnel of the new board is now as follows:— Rov. H. Van Staveren, Rev. Dr. J. Kennedy Elliott, Mesdames A. D. Jl'Laren, Grace Neill, Annie M'Vicar, Jessie Aitken', Flora Macdonald, and Messrs. C. M. Luke, F. Castle, John Smith, George Potherick, W. J. Thompson, Duncan Campbell, George Nash, W. Galloway (Hutt County), H. Baldwin (Lower Hutt and Eastbourne), G. Monk (Horowheivua County), H. Freeman (Otaki Town District), J. W. Mfßwan (Petone • Borough), F. T. Moore (Makara County). ,

MR. HOLLAND CONGRATULATED VICTORY FOR THE DOMINION. • ■ By Telegraph,—Press Association. "■.■-.' Chrlstehurch, April 26., Mr. H. Holland, who was re-elected Mayor of Christchurch in the contest with Mr: J. M'Combs, M.P., the anticdnseriptionist, has received a sheaf of telegrams from all over New Zealand, congratulating him on his splendid victory obtained in the contest for the Mayoralty.. The telegrams were from (among'others) the Hon. W; H._Herries, Minister of Railways, the Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs; and the Mayors of Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. "The substance of the telegrams," said Mr. Holland to a reporter to-day, "is that the victory is looked upon as having 'a very /much wider effect than can be applied to local elections. It is regarded as a victory for the Dominion, and a backing-up of the Government's policy in applying the Military Service Act."

FURTHER OUTSIDE RETURNS Hamilton, April 26. For tho Mayoralty, Mr. J. W. Ellis was elected unopposed. Christchurch, April 26. The total number of votes cast for city councillors was 16,770, or, roughly, about 1000 loss than was cast at tne Mayoral election. This made the quota necessary to ensure election to the City Council 987, and means that the following six candidates obtained the necessary number of first preferenoe votes to elect them: — J. W. BeanluucT (Citizens), A. S. Taylor (Citizens), D. G. Sullivan (Labour), H. G. IS!!, M.7. (Independent), J. A. Flesher (Citizens), F. Burgoyne (Labour). ■ Auckland, April 26. Mayoral Elections.—Mount Eden: Nicholson, 1543; Stewart,' . Onehunga: Boyd, 883; Davis, 669; Sutherland, 448. The latter election was largely contested on the issue of the" Zoo. Mr. Boyd, proprietor of the Zoo, hqacled the poll. Levin, April 26. Borough Council —Matheson, Lancaster, Broome, Bryson, M'Kenstie, Ryder, Bull, Parker, Aitken. . Eltham, April 26. The Mayoralty election resulted: —T. B. Crump, 308; 8 , . Dive (ox-Mayor), 203. Creymouth, April 26. The patriotic candidates were returned at the Borough Council elections yesterday, the ticket being eleoted' in toto. W. H. Parfitt headed tho poll with 1324 votes, tho lowest of the nine selected candidates polling HIS. The Labour Party, who made the issue conscription, ran six candidates. J. Good-' all, who sought TO-olcction as a Labour candidate, polled 766. The lowest Labour candidate polled 460. The election proved Groymouth to be loyal and in .support of the enforcement of tho Military Service Act. There was a very heavy poll. Labour also failed to gain a seat on tho Charitable Aid Board.

The referendum on tho half-holiday question resulted in more than half the voters deciding that there was to be no chango from Wednesday. At Rwianga the only issue was that of the half-holiday. It -was, decided to change from Thursday to Saturday. The voting was: Saturday, 148; Thursday, 22. Core, 'April 26. For the Gore Mayoralty, Mr. M'Dougall was re-elected, polling 600 votes against 302 for Mr. Burrows. Matanra Mayoralty: Lowden, 251; Brown. 206. Dunedin, April 26. Mayoral Elections—-St. Kilda: Scurr, 1055; Dove, 815. Port Chalmers: Tait. 476: Scollay (present Mayor), 467; Powell, 70. Taumarunui, April 26. Mayoral Election.—A. S. Laird, 346; Rev. J. E. Ward.. 250. Walhi, April 2G. Tho sitting Mayor, Mr. D. Donald-

son. ivas re-elected for a second term. 'lhe proposal for the establishment of a fire board was carried by a largo majority. Tauranga, April 26. The result of tlio Mayoral election was: J. C. Adams (292) defeated C. E. MacMiUan, tho sitting Mayor (276). The following council was elected: C. Whiting, T. Tanner, Dr. T. Stuart, S. Pemberton, M. A.shton, W. Orump, J. Murdoch, J. Criehton, and J. Murray^ For the Harbour Board, J. G. Green and B. C. Bobbins were elected, the latter defeating A. W. Carmichael by fivo votes. Hastings, April 26. The Mayoral election resulted: —H. Lan SiinsoD, 1415; William Hart (retiring Mayor), 1381. v Ohakune, April 2G. The voting for the Mayoralty resulted:—Barry, 212; Christie, 179; Gould, 12S. NEW HARBOUR BOARD. The complete new Wellington Harbour Board is as follow: — City members—Wm. Cable, P.. A. "Wright, A. H. Hindmarsh, and R. Fletcher. Wairarapa members—C. E. Daniel] and Alex. M'Farlane. Manawatu members —M. Cohen and J. G. Cobbe. Hutt and Makara members— J. AV. M'Ewan and M. W. Welch. ■ Representing payers of dues on ships —Ohas. M'Artbur and Walter Wallis. Representing payers of other dues— R. E. Sinclair. Member appointed by Government— J. G. Harkness. • . , . Mr. Harkness holds office till April 28, or until his successor is appointed.-