AFTER THE POLL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 522, 4 May 1933, Page 5

AFTER THE POLL

CANDIDATES' ADDRESSES Following the announcement cif the final result, the successful and unsuccessful candidates addressed those assembled at the institute and all met with good receptions. Mr. E. T. Johnson was the first to appear and amidst much applavuse thanked the electors for placing him at the top of the poll. He said that he hoped to be able to fulfil the- trust which had been placed in him, by acting in the interests of the tovm as a whole- He congratulated the ele ctors on returning a strong council which he was sure would prove a crodit to Rotorua. He concluded by ex - pressing his sympathies with the unsuccessful candidates who, he said, had stood in the best interests of the town. Mr. F. Goodson hriefly thanked his many supporters for the honour they had done him and said that he could not help feeling pleased at the success of his maiden effort. Although •physically handicapped, his other faculties would be placed entirely at their service and -he felt assured that the members of the council would work as a team. Mr. J. Banks said he was also pleased with his first effort and felt that with much of his spare time he could do much in the interests of the borough hy working for the benefit of all sections of the community. Referring to his election as representative on the Waikato Hospital

Board, he said that had the retiring m ember, Mr. G. Urquhart consented to re-nomination, an election would ' not have been necessary. ; Hospital Board Policy ! j His success against Mr Jackson he j ' attributed solely to the fact that many considered His Worship had his i time fully occupied with other husi- j ! ness of the borough. Ho would strong-l-ly contest the proposal to abolish the ; present King George Y. Hospital, unj less Rotorua was provided with a j similar institutionIn thanlcing the electors for seleet- ! ing him as a councillor, Mr. G. H. | French said that he had done much j better than he had expected and hop- ' ed that his term of o'ffice would justify the confidence placed in him. Mr. O. H. Coleman said that casting his mind over the capable candi- | dates who had f aced the poll, he reali

ised the difficult task the electors had had in setacting seven of the total and thoughv- that they had done well by selecting seven very capable menA number of these had previously had council e^perience and the town would have a strong body to assist the progress o.f. Rotorua during the coming term. Mr. L. Woolliams briefly thanked the assembled citizens for his election and felt sure that at the end of his two years' term, they -would agree that he had "done his bit." Thanking the electors for again electing* him as one of the trustees of the borough, Mr. G. Steele said that he would endeavour to carry out his duties to the best of his ability and at the same time endeavour to keep down rates. Other Addres?es Met with. crien of "Gqod Old Albert" from his au jience, Ftr- A. Smith said that while naturally disappointed at' his dei'eat he must thank those who had supported him. He congratulated the successful candidates and felt sure that they would all prove good men for the work. With the exception of Messrs A. Warbrick and J. Pennington, who were not present, all the unsuccessful candidates offered their thanks to their supporters and congratulated the successful member's. Thanking those who supported him as a candidate for a seat on the Waikato Hospital Board, His Worship the Mayor, Mr. T. Jackson assured his hearers that he already had enough work for one man. He had allowed himself to be nominated because their previous worthy and successful representative, Mr.. G. Urquhart, had not accepted nomination. They had however, elected ari exeellent man in his stead and he fe'i't that Mr. Banks would prove a successful and effieient successor to Mr. Urquhart.