THE ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 73, 19 December 1919, Page 8

THE ELECTIONS

LATEST RETURNS SEATS STILL IN THE BALANCE OUTSIDE PRESS COMMENT The most important now feature in the conduct of the elections this year was the adoption of a system by which absent voters' permits might be issued right up till the day preceding the poll. The result of this change wns that a very largo number of absent voters' permits wero applied: for. ' The total number of permits issued was 10,231, and of seamen's rights the number issued was ICSB.. In only, one or two electorates is it possiblo for tho votes still uncounted to affect the issue. In the figures as published yesterday in The Dominion it was made to appear that Mr. Anstey had retained Waitnki. What happened was that Che figures for the two candidates were transpositl. The results of this election were as ■ follow:— Bitchener (R.) 2401 Anstey (L.) 2028 ' Paul. W. G. (L.) 1672 (And there are 139 absent votes to be , counted.) Other elections in which, tho results jre not altogether certain are as folow: —' AUCKLAND EAST. , Myers (L.) 3433 ' ~Chitha.Mackenzie (E.) 3311 ,Way (Lab.) M-'9 (Seamen's votes, 104; absent voters' permits, 274.) STRATFORD. • Masters (L.) 3027 Hine (R.) : 2964 (162 absent votes to come..) • PATEA. - Powdrell (R.) 3009 . Morrison (L.) ■ 2946 Fitzherbert (Lab.) 447 Pcarco (R.) 118 (180 absent votes to come.) KAIAPOI. Jones (R.) .' 2534 Buddo (L.) 2457 Williams (Lab.) .:. 1479 ' (Absent votes. 183; seamen, 2.) TEMUKA. Burnett (R.) 3200 Talbot (1,.) 3170 (Absent votes, 139.) DUNEDIN SOUTH. Sidey(L.) 41G6 Paul (Lab.) 4156 (Absent votes, 380; seamen, 21.) BRUCE, Allen (R.) '. 2890 Edie (L.) 2778 (Absent votes, 191.) OAMARU. Lee (R.) 3654 Macpherson (L.) 3419 ....(Absent votes, 300; seamen, 1.) . WALLACE. Hamilton (R.) 2779 • Thomson V (L.) 2743. (Absent votes, 119.) Thereturning officers will be engaged during the noxt day or two. examining rolls No' final results, taking account of absent votes, may 'be expected before next week. AMENDED TOTALS , THE LATEST RETURNS. By Telegraph—Prcsß Association. KAIPARA. Coates, J. G. (R.) 4127 Gregory, A. (L.) 90S ROTORUA. "Hockley, F. H. (R.) 313G Lamey, N. (L.) 1468 Jones, G. T. (L.) 812 Hewitt, W. C. (I.) 4SO Keegan, P. (N.D.) ■■■■ 315 TAURANGA. Hemes, W. H. (R.) 4108 "Bobbins, B. C. (LL.) ..., 2045 THAMES. Rhodes, T. W. (R.) 3031 M'Cormick, W. J. (L.) 1350 Purtell, T. (Lab.) S3O Cooke, Mrs. A. L. (I.) Gl Long, T- F. (LL.) 59 (Small returns to corno cannot affect . ''' result.) ;-„ NORTHERN MAORI. ....Tan' Henaro (11) 2661 . N. P. Kawiti 1049 • ■ A.-.Ngawaka 135 ' A.'R/ Tuoro ' 61 Wire Henaro 36 (Cno small relnrrn to come, but result cannot be altered.) BAY OF PLENTY. ° Mae-Donald. W. D. S. (L.) .. 3441 - Williams, K. S. (R.) 2246 (Final return.)