OTHER CENTRES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 652, 2 May 1929, Page 7

OTHER CENTRES

Voting in other southern centres was as follows: NEW PLYMOUTH—Mayoralty: H. V. S. Griffiths (re-elected', I.S7*; K. Gilmour. I.OSS. WAITARA —Mayoralty: E A. George, 421; R. Morgan. 144. INGLEWOOD —Mayoralty \V. J. winheld returned unopposed. STRATFORD —Mayoralty: Mr. J. W. McMillan was re-elected with a majority of 300. There were three other candidates. PALMERSTON NORTH—Mayoralty* A. J. Graham, 2.774 (re-elected!; Edwards, S3B. WANGANUI Mayoralty: W. J. Rogers (re-elected'. 5.125: Hope Gibbons. 2,432; J. Morrison. 756. GISBORNE —Mayoralty: D. IV. Coleman (re-elected), 2,578; H. Wade. 1,439. HASTlNGS—Mayoralty: G F. Roach. 1.108; G. McKay (ei-M.R), 752. G. C. Lowe, 735 J. S. McKee. 449. Waipukurau voted in favour of a return to the Wednesday half-holiday by 455 votes against 374 for Saturday. MOTUEKA —Mayoralty: Mr Clay, 299; Mr. Talbot. 191: Mr. Wallace. 159. UPPER HUTT —Mayoralty: F. Robertson. 652; Angus McCurdy, 601. PETONE—D. McKenzie (unopposed'. EASTBOURNE —H. M. Jones (unopposed). ELTHAM —Mayoralty: I. J. Bridget*, 634; G. W. Peebles, 221. OTAKl—Mayoralty: C. F. Atmore, 333; W. H. Bowden, 239. LEVlN—Mayoralty: C. Blenkhorn. 454; T. Hobson, 395. Mr. Hobson had been Mayor for the past six years and Mr. Blenkhorn occupied that position during the war years. WOODVILLE —Mayoralty: H. r. Home, 213; F. Shearman, 110. DANNEVIRKE—MayoraIty: M. C. Smith, 980; H. S. M. Quigley, 816. WAIROA —Mayoralty: R. T. Esther, a former town clerk, easily defeated .1. Corkill (sitting Mayor). PAHlATUA—Mayoralty: J. D. Wilson, 343; S. T. Tinney (Deputy-Mayor >. 294. CARTERTON—MayoraIty: W. Fisher (unopposed). A proposal to form the borough into a Fire Board was defeated. PORT CHALMERS —W. G. Love. jun.. defeated the retiring Mayor, T. Anderson. NELSON —Mayoralty: W. J. Moffatt (re-elected), 1,933; W. Lock, 1,446. BLENHEIM —Mayoralty; M. McKenzie re-elected unopposed. Council: P. S. Boys, W. Carr, W. J. Humphreys, A. A. Macnab, E. S. Parker, T. B. Salmon, C. T. Smith, J. Smith, J. Wemyss. Hospital Board: Mrs. F. Redwood, J. Wemyss, C. F. A. Whiteford.

LYTTELTON —W. T. Foster, 794; A. McDonald, 461; W. W. Toy, 236. NEW BRIGHTON—J. H. Shaw. 782; E. A. M. Leaver, 616; A. W. Owles (sitting), 612. ASHBURTON. —Mayoralty: R. Galbraith re-elected for eighth term. TIMARU —Mayoralty: W. Angland, 2,140; P. C. Vinnell, 1,503; A. L. Gee, 1,084. GORE —Mayoralty: D. L. Popplewell, 685; W. D. Shelton, 612; A. Newman, 426; A. Mac-gibbon, 130. INVERCARGILL —Mayoralty: J. D. Campbell, 3.161; J. Miller (retiring Mayor), 2,071. A vote was also taken on the half-holiday question and resulted: For Wednesday (present half-holiday), 2,808; for Saturday, 2,475. WESTPORT —Mayoralty: J. H. Harkness (re-elected), 777; G, Scandret, 636. For Hospital Board: H. Nab’* W. F. Caldwell and E. R. Fo Thursday was retained as the ha holiday. GREYMOUTH —J. W. Greenslade (u opposed). For Wednesday hal* holiday, 1,303 for Saturday, 749. KUMARA —A. B. Spiers (sitting). BALCLUTHA—Retiring Mayor, F. IVhite. was re-elected. WAIMATE—Mayoralty: G. Dash (unopposed).

HOKITIKA. —Mayoralty: G. Perry (sitting), 409; H. M. Coulson, 386; W. Jeffries, 265.