GREATER AUCKLAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 512, 15 November 1928, Page 7

GREATER AUCKLAND

Details of the Polling

AUCKLAND CENTRAL MAJORITY FOR PARRY (L) 2,803 The result of the voting in this electorate certainly could not be classed as a surprise. Not at any stage during the preparations for the elections could it be anticipated that the sifting Labour member. Mr. \V. E.. Parry, would suffer defeat. At, all ten polling booths lie took; the lead and scored heavily on the other three candidates. Next on the list for highest figures came the United Party’s member, Mr. W. C. Hewitt, who, tackling a sound Labour district, scored comparatively well, and no doubt caused the surprise in the electorate by polling 2,607. Messrs. J. Joiner (Independent) and F. L. Lysnar (R.), failed to prove themselves favourites at any of the booths. Details of the voting are:

AUCKLAND EAST MAJORITY FOR J. B. DONALD 236 Prospects of Mr. J. A. Lee’s return in this electorate were considered excellent, although Mr. Donald was reckoned to be a powerful force. He polled exceptionally well, and the voting was In the favour of Mr. Lee at only three booths—Central Wharf, Newmarket School and Parnell School. In some of the city voting centres Mr. Donald polled heavily. Mrs. Maguire’s effort to gain representation in the House for women found most favour in the Hauraki Gulf Islands, but the returns from there had little effect. Her polling in the city was fair and encouraging. A small return from Ponui Island is not yet available. Details of the polling are:

AUCKLAND WEST MAJORITY FOR SAVAGE ! ,395 The campaign in City West resulted as expected. A feature of the polling was the greatly increased majority of Mr. Savage as compared with his margin of three years ago. Reform suffered severely, the United candidate scoring at the expense of the Government. Details of the polling were:—

AUCKLAND SUBURBS majority for mason (l> 1,008 -A. keen fight was anticipated in this electorate, and with 15 returns in it ‘°°ked as though the anticipation w ould be justified. Returns from Birkenhead, New Lynn, and Avondale, however, made Mr. Mason’s position unassailable, there being no prospect the remaining returns affecting the result to any appreciable extent. Outlying districts cast their votes slightly ip favour of Sir James Gunson, with Mr. Mason a fairly close second, and Allen, United’s standard-bearer,

not far behind as third. The larger suburbs decided the issue beyond doubt, Labour’s champion securing a COO majority in New Lynn alone. Details of the voting are:

PARNELL MAJORITY FOR JENKINS (U) 940 Parnell was responsible for yet another surprise, Mr. J. s. Dickson senior Government Whip, with a record of 17 years’ service in the House losing- his seat to the United candidate, Mr. H. R. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins secured a majority in practically everv booth.

GREY LYNN MAJORITY FOR FLETCHER (U) 101 'lt was anticipated there would be a close contest between United and Labour for this seat, and this expectation was fully realised. With 11 returns in, Mr. Fletcher held a lead of seven votes, but the final return from Grey Lynn School swung a fair majority his way. Mr. Fletcher had small majorities at nine out of 12 polling places. Reform and Independent Labour were not in the fight. Details of the polling were:

EDEN MAJORITY FOR STALLWORTHY (U)' 2,370 Soon after the polling 1 booths closed and the results began to stream in, it became evident that Reform’s position in Eden was to be seriously threatened. The progress returns were constantly favourable to Mr. A. J. Stallworthy, United’s candidate, and after one victory at the Epsom Public Library, Mr. V. H. Potter, Reform’s sitting candidate, lost ground rapidly. Later progress results showed that United was consolidating its position, and by 9 p.m. tliere was no doubt as to the issue. The final figures were to hand

ROSKILL MAJORITY FOR MUNNS 2,207 Expectations that the fight would be between Reform and Labour were not realised, polling showing a landslide in favour of the United man, Mr. G. C. Munns. He secured majorities at all the polling places except St. Andrew’s Epsom, where Miss Melville led, and at the Mt. Albert Baptist Hall, where Mr. A. S. Richards (Labour) topped the list. Once again Miss Melville ha.s failed to carry the Reform banner t.o victory.

MANUKAU MAJORITY FOR JORDAN (L) 3,313 It was generally conceded that Mr. Jordan, the sitting member for Manukau, who is at present in Canada with the Empire Parliamentary Delegation, would have an easy return. This he accomplished with the substantial majority of 3,313. At the last election, When he was opposed by Mr. J. Massey (Reform), he had a majority of only 784, and in gaining a threefigure majority this year against United and Reform candidates, he greatly improved his position. At only one booth, Greenwood’s Corner, where Mr. Bunn secured his only lead, was Mr. Jordan headed. After deducting the names deleted from the Manukau roll after it was printed, the total number of electors eligible to vote is 13,855, and of this number no fewer than 11,290 went to the poll in. the ordinary way. To this has to be added the informal, absentee and postal votes. Details of the polling are:

WAITEMATA MAJORITY FOR HARRIS 285 The vote in Waitemata was smaller than in 1925, the number voting at the booths being 10,479, as against over 11,500 in 1925. On the licensing issue Waitemata has gone “wet” for the first time.

3 5 g ~ 5 Polling Place. £ K h; ■« | 'i Bright St. and New North Rfl736 ss 368 50 Bast St 543 86 328 29 Rden Terrace 563 85 16 Edinburgh St. 566 300 19 XI4 !>2 271 26 l.mvert Albert St. 333 41 140 9 338 60 1 66 31 Hall) 328 SO 227 Union St 303 •41 1 IS 11 Wellington St. 880 86 425 37 Totals 5,410 754 2,607 250

§ g I Polling place. d a 1 H d 3 » ■< a i 3 * Drill Hall (prin.) . . 593 Upper Symonds St. 611 Parnell School . . . . 265 i 1 8 Park Road 507 Lower Symonds St. 519 Manukau R., Parnell 343 Newmarket School ., 324 1 1 12 J St. Stephen’s Pam. 181 135 1 Mountain Road .. 143 Grafton School .. 278 2 ig 1 Surfdale, Waiheke . 24 Roto Roa Island .. 11 Cowes 4 Awaroa 3 Motuihi 7 8 J | ~2 Totals 4,058 3,822 2T085 106

Polling Place g g g es be u e £ > Cw a. r Awanga, G t. Barrier — ~ SEES?. St - All Saints franklin Road .. .. 160 636 472 13 Herne Bay Road 202 313 7 Jervois Road Kaiarara tPt. Pitzroy) Leys Institute 371 516 642 13 11 2 3 1116 25 p^J*P u » Gt Barrier “atteson St., 2 3 0 r> Kindergarten Pollen St.. Church 127 317 262 2 x>* °L Christ . . . . n F JL tzro >- Gt - Barrier 216 683 431 16 33 8 Richmond Rd.. Manual School Tryphena, Gt. Barrier vv nangapara, Gt. Barrier 46 10 358 11 103 8 6 12 13 25 _ Totals 2014 5531 4136 101

Polling Places. S I 5 Huia Dam Avondale Town Hall Avondale South Avondale Flat Birkdale ... \ 411 140 94 !« 488 120 161 I 81 1,010 164 138 Birkenhead .. Brigham's Creek ’ I Chelsea 370 4 373 21 456 8 Glerv Eden Henderson . 144 245 301 Henderson Valley .. Hobsonville ... Huia School .. .. Karekare .. .. 15 31 14 44 69 22 26 67 22 Massey-Birdwood* . . New Lynn .. .. _ Nihotupu .. .. 12 375 24 338 16 933 Oratia Parau . . .. T , Swanson 20 4 11 47 12 Taupaki T 101 Te Atatu .. .. . Titirangi .. .. ■\Vaitakere .. .. 34 96 69 34 21 T\ henuapai Totals ** 19 2,052 ° o 43 14 4.046

Polling Place. g - Epsom, Armstrong Bds. 5 222 G 209 £ 105 X Kohimarama . . Hall 122 241 70 Newmarket, Municipal Hall 276 439 193 6 One Tree Hill — Ranfurly Road . . . 307 278 61 4 Wheturangi Road 70 87 18 1 Parnell Tennis Club 342 347 127 6 Parnell, Brighton Road 88 132 83 1 Remuera— Baptist Church .. .. 117 217 37 2 St. Luke’s Church 208 212 49 Dromorne Road .. . . 122 144 28 4 Alexander Theatre . . 257 509 179 l_>e Luca’s Store . . . . 207 218 39 Public Library .. 584 637 111 6 Meadowbank School 44 77 17 Rangitoto Avenue .. 91 113 34 !> Somervell Hall . . .. 218 219 20 7 Victoria Avenue 139 196 22 ,3 Orakei Basin 22 21 5 4 St. Mark’s Hall .. .. 469 4 72 136 4 St. Aidan’s Hall .. .. 128 143 21 St. Helier’s Bay— Golf Club 15 19 7 Peerless Theatre 180 118 4 Presbyterian Church 169 170 64 1 Public Works Camp .. 95 77 44 3 Tamaki West 21 14 7 2 4,513 5 453 1,595 80

g g -c Polling Place. c c o 13 E •g — G cS « £ Z 1*4 IS pH G Jessel Street 216 35 191 2 6 Pt- Chev. School 180 25 269 2 4 Church of Christ 618 59 641 7 9 Diamond’s Gar. . 137 41 182 0 2 St. George's Hall 471 60 409 13 5 Grey Lynn Lib. 468 52 473 5 Richmond W. S. 2 88 28 289 1 14 Coronation Hall 528 46 544 2 8 Mt. Albert Sch. 181 27 160 4 8 344 43 366 6 10 Newton W. Sch. 1224 130 1138 18 26 Grey Lynn Sch. 461 71 555 b lb Totals 5116 617 5217 62 112

at 9.45 p.m. Results are as follow : ; zh *■> s >• Polling place CJ w 73 .g t, •2 3 < » zr. « 82 2 169 322 3 Epsora Public Libr. 93 11 455 38o Mt. Eden Rd. Presby 69 14 315 361 7 Gordon Rd. Methodist Schoolroom 162 28 552 783 11 View and Esplanade 34 533 765 21 375 515 393 669 Cr. Walters’ Rd. and 339 25 384 S50 12 Parrish Rd. Football Shed 213 7 127 376 2 Totals .. •• ..2089 181 3238 5608 94

i I | Polling- Place. | I | Edendale— A 1 2 Baptist Hall .. .. 99 288 II ggg Epsom— Catholic School . . St. Andrew’s .. .. III III Morningside— Hirst's Hall .. .. II III y i Baptist Hall .. .. 36 37 46 Infants’ School 66130 101 King jGeorgo Hall.. 646 SIS 510 Catholic School .. 195 II I?? Maungawhau School 407 Methodist Hall 74 317 Public Hall .. .. Walkowai— 116 Public Hall 10 44 Totals 3.067 5,422 3,213

5 Polling Place c . § a PQ 19 97 34 EUerslie JParish Hall 210 645 540 Greenlane Pire Station 161 210 Alt. RoskiU Rd. Rd. Of. Army Bar., Onehunga 159 868 246 Foresters' H., O'hunga 293 343 Royal Oak Hall .. 395 Jagusch’s Store, One 35 118 75 86 St. Oswald’s Church 126 Dyer’s Hall, Panmure 97 94 Te Papapa Public Hall 456 Penrose Public Hall 35b Westfield Abattoirs .. Totals 2461 6071 2758

2 o 4> Polling Place. F ;= O o Bays water 57 219 Belmont .. 211 152 207 Campbell's Bay . . 50 17 Devonport Council* . . . 888 D’port Masonic Hall . . 281 ' 25S D’port, Parish Hall . . 448 Glenfield 32 109 Greenhithe 227 74 Northcote 538 Stanley Bay .. .. 259 Takapuna Totals 2,302 3,946