NEWS FROM WAIUKU

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 229, 11 September 1914, Page 1

NEWS FROM WAIUKU

TOWN BOARD ELECTION.

Notes on the Contest.

The nominations fir ptsition as members of the Town Board closed 6 yesterday, and the election takes place next Wednesday. The pollirg will be at the Road Board ofiic?, Waiuku, and (he hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 pm. The roll closed with 355 electors on the list, and doubtless the candidates will do their best in getting peopla to come forward and record their vote?. The usual method of voting in to place a cress opposite the name of the person it is intended to vote for. As there are live positions to be tilled each voter may vote for five candidates, but no more or I the voting paper will be informal. It may be of interest to mention that under the Elections and foils Enactments every person is liable to a fine not exceeding £2O who gives or causes to be given to any voter . on the day of polling, on account of I such voter having polled or being about to poll, any meat, drink, or entertainment by way of refreshment, or any money or ticket to enable such voter to obtain refreshment. A noticeable feature of the election is the absence of "tickets." The committee which did the preliminary work necessary to secure the constitution of a town district, having attained its object relinquished its organisation. Of that committee five are candidates, these being Messrs S. T. Kossiter, A. M. Barriball, James Gribble, W. Adamson and Di Htwden. The other member of the committee who does not seek election is Mr Harry King. Members of the old committee referred to have strongly retuted what they term "a yarn" that they were working together either actively or passively to secure their election. And their contradiction is supported by the fact that some of these members of the committee have induced at least two other prominent townsmen to accept nomination, whose chances of success are probably equal to their own. This action, of course, promptly spoilt any chance of their running a "ticket." It is therefore quite evident that each candidate is nominated apart from any particular party, and the voters will have : to select their progressives, moderates or non-progressives from the ' individual nominations. As the electors have ;uch a number of men of marked ability offering their services as Board members it is ' difficult to forecast how the voting j will go, and some surprises may appear when the numbers are an- ' nounced. Various idle election rumours, cal- ' culated to spoil the chances of some ' candidates and promote the prospects of others, have been set going j during the last few days, and the person or persons who start such ' could ba bettor employed. We at once exonerate the candidates from r any association with their origin. r As most of the candidates have ' announced their intention of working J for the benefit of the whole town district, it is very unfair to connect ' them with a set intention of seeking * election just to improve one locality € and neglect the other portion of the a Board's area. The doings of the " Board, whoever are elected, will be watched with keen interest, and any such suggestion would not pass unchallenged. Full reports of the ( Board's business will be published in our columns, and ratepayers can then judge for themselves as to the line of policy that members follow. It is quite certain that candidates will, like other electors, exercise their right to support other candi- 1 dates at the ballot box; and even though a candidate may express a •> desire for the election of any other particular candidate it does rot necessarily follow that there is any compact between them as to reciprocity of influence for voting power, % THE NOMINATIONS. C( Following are the candidates and r their nominators:— Adamson, William. Nominators: J. Mearns and G. Stone. Barriball, Alfred Martyn. Nomin- ~ ators: P. V. Fley.man and Harry King. p Dromgool, Percy John. Nomina- p tors: Amelia M. Fitchett and I'eter Dunn. Uribble, James. Nominators: Harry King and Peter Dunn. Herrold, Charles Benedict. Nominators: W. L. Hcnton and 11. U. ■ Barnaby. Howden, Charles Ernest. Nominators: Anthony May, junr., and G. V. Williams. Lowe, John. Nominators: J. P. Dromgool and G. E. Dickson. May, Anthony, junr. Nominators: S. J. Tracey and J. J. A. James. McEwen, William. Nominators: A. Hanna and A Michie. McNaughton, John. Nominators: L. M. Barriball and Frank Harvey. 1 Mellsop, Harry Oswald. Nominators W. C. Motion and G. W. Braun. - Reid, Richard Thomas'. Nomina- y tors: J. J. A. James and E. T. Sedgwick. Kossitcr, Samuel Thomas. Nominators: 15. J. Harris and A. Michie. Walters, James. Nominators: u. 11. Greenhead and G. A. Batchelor.

THE EUROPEAN WAR.

Waiuku Patriotism.

The Trustees of Waiuku Patiiotic 8 Fund have ca'led in all collecting c ' lists for their meeting on Saturday 8 I so that the exact position of the ' I Fund can be ascertained, and what J ' further action is advisable in the , matter. . I Sergt.-Major Milne in ucknowpledging receipt of chei[Uo for £lO . from the Waiuku District Patriotic Fund, saya that he procured the , necessary field glasses, compass, etc., i for which he tendered his best thanks. Ho continues : "Wo are i having a strenuous time and expect • to leave about the . Big lot of • rejects in the horses, but we have number of good ones required. Codlin and the two McXaughtcns are with me in the 11th Mounted Regiment? Thanking vou again." J. Milne, S.S.M. A sum of £4 -5s has been subsubscribed by the children at Waiuku school for the Ambulance Fund which is being raised for the purpose of providing a full field ambulance equipment for the Government. The Mauku section of the Waiuku Eifle Club fell in for its first parade on Saturday last. Captain Aldred, who took charge, lias arranged to drill the men as a troop of mounted infantry, forming part of the Waiuku squadron. The next parade will take place in one of Mr Wily's paddocks on the 17th inst, and thereafter fortnightly. Arrangements are being made for a range in the vicinity.