BEATEN BY ONE
RECOUNT DISPLACES CANDIDATE
W HANGAR EI HOSPITAL BOARD I*T€3& A. ss.od'xt ’rOP. WHANGARET, Friday. As a result of the official recount and the addition of the declaration votes. Mr. F. Higginson replaces 31 r. W. Jones as a borough representative on the Hospital Board, by the margin of one vote. On the night of the election the figures showed 31 r. Jones to be six votes ahead. As a result of the wrongful apportionment of a parcel of 100 votes on polling night, Mr. A. T. Brainsby was placed in third position in the election of members of the Borough Council. His vote is officially announced as 1.312, which places him sixth on the list. Mr. EL G. W. Tib—bits moves into third position.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 654, 4 May 1929, Page 6
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127BEATEN BY ONE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 654, 4 May 1929, Page 6
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