ROTORUA STILL IN DOUBT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 87, 3 December 1931, Page 5

ROTORUA STILL IN DOUBT

mr. CLINKARD HAS MAJORITY OF : . EIGHT, WITH 271 TO COME •: exceptionally heavy poll ISSUE LIES BETWEEN LABOUR and • COALITION CANDIDATES An unusually keen contest in the Rotorua electorate, due to the presenee in the field of four strong candidates and the gravity of the issues to be decided, resulted in an exceptionally heayy poll yesterday, 9177 electors, including absentee and postal voters, recording. their votes, at the 65 booths in the electorate, equal to nearly 74 per cent of the total roll. The first return was received at the "Morning Post" office five minutes after the poll closed ancb by 7.30 p.m. a large crowd which later grew to record proportions had assembled outside the office to watch the results posted on ihe board. i As the evening wore on it was seen that the voting for the Coalitiofi candidate and rstiring member, Mr. C. H. Glinkard, > and the Lapour candidate, Mr. A. F. Moncur was extremely close, Mr. ~*vncur being in the lead until returns for over half of the ; .booths had been received and excitement reached a high pitch, each alteration in the figures being cheered by the supporters of the candidate favoured by the change. !: The figures, as they were received were also flashed on the screen at the Majestic Theatre. - Shortly after 11 p.m. the final available figures were received -- from the Returning Qfficer and it was thep seen that the result ~ depended upon the 213 absentee and 58, postal votes still to come, V Mr. Clinkard hav.ing a majority of only eight over his Labour opponent. - The totals reported last night are. — ' D. R. F. Campbell (C.P.) 1374 *C. H. Clinkard (C.U.) 2913 A, F. Moncur (L.) 2905 E. E. Vaile (R.) 1714 Majority for Clinkard S. Following- are details of the voting at the booths throughout the electorate: — . -

Polling Booth Campbell Clinlcard Moncur VaileARAPUNI 11 57 ...... 328 ...... 31 GUTHRIE 1 3 1 -.... 4 HINUERA 75 64- 26 ...... 24 HORAHORA 9 4 ...... 14 ...... 5 KAHAROA 13 5 2 ...... 1 * KAINGAROA 2 ...... 15 23 8 KARAPIRO 44 • 39 2 26 : KEREONE ..••••. 7 12 0 7 ' * KOPURIKI ...... 2 ...... 4 41 0 LICHFIELD 21 24 6 9 MAMAKU 9 81 146 ...... 43 MANGATAPU 3 5 ...... 6 1 MANGAWHERO 10 ...... 22 * 6 11 . MANGOREWA 3 0 6 0 MATAMATA 144 392 222 143 : MAN GATAUTARI, No. 1 2 50 1 5 MAUN G AT AUT ARI, No. 2 14 41 4 ...... 13 MOKAI 6 35 36 ...... 29 MOUREA 1 30 — 8 .1 MURUPARA 0 24 60 .6 NGAKURA 8 36 78 5 NGARUA 37 22 3 15 NGAWARO 0 4 4 0 NGONGOTAHA * 71 51 81 61 NGONGOTAHA VALLEY 2 1 ...... 5 ...... 2 OKAUIA 17 29 9 32 OKERE FALLS 2 5 5 -0 OKOROIRE RAILWAY 13 30 ...... 11 22 ONGAROTO 0 8 12 8 ORUANUI 2 6 12 6 OTUROA 17 8 1 1 PAIRERE 2 11 1 ...... 7 PERIA 12 ...... 15 2 ...... 15 PUKETURUA 32 33 14 3 PUTARURU 139 ...... 140 150 16 REPOROA ...... 18 27 14 ...... 31 RICHMOND DOWNS 11 10 3 ...... 18 ROTOMA 4 ...... 13 13 2 ROTORUA (Weather ell's) 8 121 94 84 ROTORUA (Peerless) 10.) 643 691 429 ROTORUA (Courthouse) 22 126 193 84 RUATOKI NORTH 2 ...... 7 1 0 TAPAPA 20 12 27 10 TAUPO 3 37 , , , 51 ...... 47 TE MATAI ROAD 1 13 1 7 . TE WHAITI 3 ...... 30 ...... 114 4 TE POI 90 25 20 39 TE PU 4 6 4- ,...„ 0 TE WHETU 1 23 28 ...... 2 TIRAU 67 101 41 66 TOKAANU 3 ...... 43 4 6 TOKOROA 37 62 54 27 TURANGA-O-MOANA 25 28 0 12 UPPER ATIAMURI 4 6 20 15 WAHAROA 46 ...... 112 48 ...... 61 WAIOHAU — ...... — 33 — WAIOMOU 30 43 8 17 WAIRAKEI 3 13 ...... 21 ...... 5 WAIRAPUKAO 0 3 7 5 WALTON 65 47 17 63 WAOTU 12 10 18 ...... 15 WHAKAREWAREWA 7 32 ...... 23 ; 13 WHAREPAINA 4 ...... 5 1 ..... 18 WHITEHALL 15 ..... 18 4 ..... 7 WILTSDOWN 18 ...... 1 30 ..... 0 TOTAL 1374 ...... 2913 2905 1714