COUNTYIELECTIONS.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 409, 14 November 1884, Page 2

COUNTYIELECTIONS.

• : ♦- . ■ The statutory election for the Southland County Council took place on Wednesday last. Of the nine ridings no leas- than five returned their old members ttnopposed Thess ridings were Winton, Waikaia, Toi 'lois, Waihopai and Wallacetbwh; There did not appear to be auy question of vital interest agitating the electors in uny of the ridings except Hokonui, in which the contest assumed a territorial aspect, North v. South The ends of the district were shown to be about evenly balanced, Mr Shanks seenrin-r his return by a majority of 26 only. • In ail the ridings but Awarua the sitting members were returned, Tha loss of Mr Kinross, who stood for that ridinsr, wUlnot be a fleath-blpw to the Council, Following are the detailed returns :—

ObETI. ' i; Black Braaiaore Lumsclen ... ... 33 ; '25 Longridge ... ... 24 • • 3 Dipton ... ' ... ... 2 4 53 32 The Athol returns are not in, but they will not affect the result of the poll as it standa at present, there being only 23 votes altogether that could have been recorded there HOKONUI. Shank 3 Donald Gore »• ... ... 27 .82 Riversdal'e ... '.., 1 - 47 Mataura ... ... ... 79 -~'-± Mandeville ... '..'. 0 25 Herlgehope ... ... 33 v Mabel ... ... 34 # 174 lii Mataura. Mac Gibbon Green Gordon ... ... ;.. 40 26 Pukerau ... ... ... 3 ' 27 Hastie's ... .... ... 45 q Tuturau .„, ... ... 18 '» Chatton ... , t ' t \\ g Returns from Oteria, Waikaka, and Ofcama nave still to come, but they cannot affect the resnlt. We hen- that at Otama, only 'niue voted, most of them being for Mr Mac Gibbon. Awauua. Ridixq. Dunlop ... ... ... ... 219 Kinross ... ... ... . ## 197