LICENSING COMMITTEE ELECTION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1801, 14 March 1918, Page 2

LICENSING COMMITTEE ELECTION.

VERY LITTLE INTEREST EVINCED. SITTING COMMITTEE REELECTED. Very little interest was evinced in the election held on Tuesday to elect a Licensing Committee for the Otald District. Six candidates were nominated for the five seats, all the sitting members offering themselves for re-election. Mr W. Murdoch, Mayor of Shannon, was the, other candidate. Only between 400 and 500 electors took the trouble to record their votes. In one polling booth one vole only was recorded, in" another the voters totalled two, and in several the number who voted did not exceed a dozen. In Foxton only 94 votes were. cast. Tho sitting members were all re-elected. The following are the details of the polling:—:

c 5? 4 © C3 a 60 .9 cSi o g fl IB S 1/i Pi o Qi u *&, U 0 Q 1 t-l ;o Levin ill 90 95 18 84 85 Otaki 61 57 59 12 55 00 Te Haro 2 2 2 — 2 2 Waikanae 9 10 11 2 13 11 Paraparaumu 9 10 9 0 5 9 Manakau 9 10 10 r- 9 9 Paekakariki 8 9 9 1 8 9 Ohau 13 12 11 3 13 13 Koputaroa 1 1 — 1 1 1 Shannon 95 91 97 03 89 91 Moutoa 3 2 3 2 3 3 Tokomaru 5 5 5 1 4 5 Foxton 90 90 88 10 85 90 Taikorea 4 4 4 4 — 4 Oroua Downs 2 4 3 2 3 3 The following are the total votes recorded for each candidate, i md their position in the poll:MeLeavey , 400 Freeman . , 402 Ling ,.. < , 397 Tompsitt 395 O’Connor 374 Murdoch 125