MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1927, Page 1

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

AT HOKITIKA. The municipal elections took place yesterday throughout the Dominion and caused a large amount of interest in the various contests. At Hokitika there were contests for the Borough Council, Harbour Board and Hospital Hoard and considerable interest was shown, a fair proportion of the electors voting, the scene in the vicinity of the Town Hall being a busy one in the afternoon. At night a good crowd were waiting about from S o’clock in the vicinity of the Town Hall awaiting the result, but it was not till 10.15 p.m. that, from a. window on the top floor, Mr H. G. Coles (returning officer) announced the preliminary result of the voting for the Council and stated that the other voting papers had not then been opened, the crowd then dispersing. The results of the other polls were not available till this morning. BOROUGH COUNCIL. (Nine seats.) E. Teiehelemann 506 W. Jeffries 503 T>. .T. Evans 460 A. C. Armstrong 440 J. King 135 A. B. Elcoek 431 T. W. Duff 418 CL Heinz 406 E. YY. Heenan 276 C. Friend 272 F. Orr 263 M. McGavin 262 IT. T. Parry 251 .1. L. Turner 211 W. Wright 187 In formal 53

MOKITHn A HARBOUR HOARD. (A Seats.) YY. Ziegler 580 0. A. Wood 50!) K. W. Heenan 353 IT. T. Barry 282 C. Friend : ... 200 Informal 25 WESTLAND TfOSPfTAL HOARD. Hi Seat's.) J. J. Breeze .550 T. W. Duff -1-12 G. Heinz 350 M. MeCnvin 217 ('. 0. Friend 200 11. T. Parry Kit Informal 55 AT KUAIARA. MAYORALTY. Spiers. A. B 1.30 Benyoii. YY'. J 00 Borough Council: -.1. Reedy 102, J. McFarlane 183. It. Burrell 172. H. Hamer 105. .1. .Murphy 10A, R. McDonald 151. G. AL'Enaney 1-30, W. J. Benyoii lA7, W. Stewart lA7 (elected). T'. Saraty IAO. ('. Kvemleli 100, F. ATar tv n 101. YT WESTPORT. Borough Council:—C. I). Betts 0(55. •I. M. Rochrtson 940. J. Bird 820. J. Radford 782. J. Brown 762, A. \V. Henley Ct!7. J. Bradley 005, W. ,T. Wilson BOA. A. TT. M.' Williams 555 (elected). W. Caldwell 513, O. .T Ilowarth 192, A. Y'inceiit 434, B. Weekes 407, T. Parfitt A 22. Hospital Board:—E. B. Fox 812. Mrs Patterson 731. W. Caldwell 50A (elected). W. .1. Wilson .581. B. Wee Ices 390.

AT GREYMOUTH. MAYORALTY. •T. W. Greenslade 065 W. IT. Parfitt 842 COUNCIL. O’Brien, .7 1331 Baty. T. B 1100 Williams, R. ,T 1144 Ritchinghnm. F 1142 Kent, .T. B 1115 White. S. B 7077 MeGinley. .T 1020 Perotti. G 062 Robertson. 7). MeD . 924 (Elected). MeTCane. A. H 822 Wingham. J. T) ;... 840 AlcPougnll. AY 640 Spencer. P. S 517 McCarthy. A 495 GREY HOSPITAL BOARD. TTarkor. G 981 O’Brien. K. T. Mrs 827 Brisbane. ,T 827 Bnrrowman. R. A 787 (Elected). Ashton. E 752 Anderson. AI. Patricia 060 MeTCane. A. H 507 Perotti. G 407 Milligan. T 450 ORE A’ POWER BOARD. Greenslade. J. W. 1393 O’Brien. .7 1350 (Elected). Kent. .7. B 951 Torment..D 911 BRUNNER POAA’ER BOARD Smeaton. J 118 Fry. S Cl WE iLINGTON MAYORALTY. (I. A. Troupe 12,446 C. 11. Chapman (Labour) 10.318 Majority 2,128 AUCKr,ANI) -M AYOR A ITY. G. Baildou (sitting Mayor) 8.632 I’. Illoodworth (Labour) ... i.IOi .1. A. Waruoek (DeputyMayor) 3.266 H. Schmidt 1.670 TAKA PUN A MAYORALTY. ,f_ \V. Williamson 1.024 .1. D. Mori son (sitting Mayor) 1,283 NORTHCOTE MAYOR ALTY. A. E. Greenslade 576 C. A. Douxberry (sitting MiV.-or) 446 NEWMARKET MAYORALTY. S. Donaldson (sitting

Mayor) 593 A. Kent 635 AVONDALE AIAYOR ALTY. H. Tiarks 1.155 P. Richardson 441 T. H. Sparse '97 ONEHUNG A M AYOR ALTY. C. Coldicutt- 965 .). E. Green 741 IV. X. Mclntosh 72S MOUNT ALBERT MAYORALTY L. E. Rhodes (sitting Mayor) 2.235 IV. Atwell 1.540 Mount Albert adopted rating on un improved values by 2004 votes to 947 Mi l AXGAREI MAYOR ALTY. I. ,1. Brake 976 J. E. Holmes 965 VY I T . Tim eve 11 -55 OAMARU MAYORALTY. Mr Frank Crawshaw ... 1.557 Mr William Henry Frith ... 961 Majority 596 CHRISTCHURCH MAYORALTY. Rev. J. K. Archer (Labour) re-elected 19,147 Mr C. P. Agar 3,6-16 Majority 10,601

GISBORNE MAYORALTY. C. E, Armstrong 2,446 D. AV. Coleman 1,672 RANGIORA MAYORALTY. Air W. A. Bowse 377 Mr .Mclntosh 345 KA lAPOI MAYOR ALTY. Mr X. C. llovcll 223 Mr J. W. Barnard J6B LYTTELTON MAYORALTY. Mr F. E. Hutton 886 Mi- W. T. Lester 436 Mr T. B. Hempstalk ... 247 TIMARU RESULTS. (; J Wallace (retiring Mayor) 2389 \Y, An gland 2,028 For the Borough Council there were 21 candidates. The results were unknown at mid-night. MASTERTON MAYOR A LTY.

'J'. Jordan (sitting Mayor) 1,001 A. Rippon 037 Majority 914 BLUFF MAYORALTY, Dr Torrance (re-elected) .. 428 Mr T. F. Do vie 308 WANGANUI MAYORALTY. YY’. J. Rogers (Labour) ... 2,879 Hope Gibbons (sitting Mayor) 2,728 T XVERCA RC ILL MAYORALTY. Mr J. Miller ... 3,503 Mr S. MacDonald 1,275 Majoritly 2.228 AT DANNEVIBKE. DANNEVIRKE. April 28. The local body elections here resulted : - - mayoralty. A. J. C. Buneiman was elected unopposed. Borough Council:—H. S. M. Quigley 1075, A. TT. B. Gillespie 1069. Loo Stein 1056, O. H. Hansard 1025, Walter Dobson 953. G. ,T. E. Brieklord 808, B. S. Chadwick 851. A. W. Smith 838. L. YY. Ward 713 (elected). AV. AfcKinnon 730, F. A. Butler Harrison 680, YYL T. Eyrie 456, C. Thompson 410, J. AV. Hood 355. Hospital Board:—Loo Stein 083, David Drummond 027 (elected). Geo. T. Anderson 619. Bower Board:—H. S. AT. Quigley 955. A. J. C. Buneiman 812, Fred Craven 776 (elected). A. H. R. Gillespie 532. J. FT. Fairlmrst 396, A. AV. Smith 357. at timab u. TTAIARU, April 28. The counting of the Borough Council election was not completed till the early hours of the morning. The results are:

Borough Council (12 required):--A. L. Gee 3017. P. B. Foote 29.51. J. Hutchison 2012, Al. Thompson 2!M I . 11. A. Times Jones 2623. 11. I). Preston 2516. A. Kennedy 2188. CL D. Virtue 2128, J. R. Hart 2283. P. C. Vinnell 2109. T. AV.' Satterlhwaile 2107 F. IL Hawkey 1034 (elected). J. A. Hay 103.5. D. AfcXab 1771. G. Berstein! 171 I, .1. F. Arnold 1613. !•'. Chittock 1150. P. J. Kelly 13,51. S. A. Odell 1287. .1. 8. Leekie 062, YV. J Fulton 014. Harbour Board: (L G. T. Dawson 3609, E. R. fsaae 3540. G. J. YYallaee 3200 (elected). J. G. Leekie 1 104. Power Board:—A. X. Oaky 336.5. B. A. Xicril 3004. IT. J. Alathers 2052 (elected). G. -T. AYLdlace 2691 YVELLTXGTON VOTING. YVETJLTNGTON. April 28. Under the altered scheme of voting the ATunicipal Elections take much longer time to count, and the final results .arc not yet known. Five new members appear to be elected to the City Council and the Labour representatives are reduced to Semple and ATcKeon. For the Harbour Board the figures at the bead are: ATitchell. Chapman (Labour), Norwood and AlcIndoe. A r oting on unimproved value is not available, but so far indb a' that the proposal to levy all rates on that system will he carried.

AA'AIAIATE MAYORAL. George Dash (sitting) 538 William Evans 422 STR AT FOR D MAYOR.A LTY. The sitting Mayor, J. AA . ArcMillnn. was returned by a substantial majority over ex-Councillor Finnertv. NELSON MAYORALTY W. .1. Moffat 1538 AY. Look (sitting) 1449 AT BLENHEIM. Airs E. Redwood, Blenheim’s lady councillor, was defeated at the Municipal Elections, lmt was elected on the Hospital Board. A UCTC LA ND RESULTS. AUCKLAND, April 28. All retiring members of the Auekalnd City Council wore re-elected except A. Thompson. There are six now members including Aliss Basten. There are three Labour members, compared with two in the last Council. In Takapuna election the whole of the old Council were rejected, a decisive victory for the party opposed to progress and purchase of tram and ferry service. Auckland Harbour Board elected Blood worth. Hutchison Indor and Johnson. Mayor— Olabuhu, U. B. Todd (reelected). Auckland Hospital Board retiring members re-elected, except A\ . A. Thompson, replaced bv AT. .1. Savage OTHER RESULTS. North Canterbury Hospital Board.— Elected —Rev. J. K. Archer. .Mrs .McCombs. Mrs Green. Rev. C. Carr (all Labour). Mrs Herbert. Mrs Roberts, Dr Foster. Dr Acland (all Citizens’ Association). cie sitting chairman. Mr Otlev was defeated and two others. Lyttelton Hhrbotir Board elected.— 11. T. Armstrong, E. J. Howard (both Labour). FI. Holland, J. R. Hayward (Citizens’ Association ticket). Dr Thacker, mendier for many years, sulfered defeat.