MUNICIPAL CONTESTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 27 April 1917, Page 4

MUNICIPAL CONTESTS.

SOME SURPRISE RESULTS. K J DEBACLE FOR EABOURITES. jßj CHRISTCHURCH, April 25. 1 The municipal elections were liftcfl I right out of the commonplace by tw<H very significant issues in the electloiM of Mayor and city councillors. ThH Labour ticket had thrown down thM gauge of anti-conscription and the CitiM zens' Association (had accepted thJH challenge, nominating man for man. Tlifl election, therefore, was a trial ofl I strength between the anti-conscriptionM i ists and the win-thc-war paxty. ThM i election also created wide interest a| I being a bold experiment in proportionaM| representation, Christchurch being thflj j first city in New Zealand to adopt thiffl j system of voting. The polling | was very heavy. It will be some dayJß j possibly a fortnight, before the finafl | results of the City Council eleectioiM| For the Mayoralty, Mr H. HollanWj j (retiring Mayor) inflicted a crushinH| defeat upon Mr J. McCombs, M. P.jH who stood as an j There was a very heavy poll: HollanHS j 13,177, McCombs 53S1 —majority foB 1 Holland, 6736. jSB For the Mayoralty of Woolston, mB McGregor Wright (eonscriptionist, » | one time a prominent citizen of WeHH I lington) defeated Mr C. /Hill (antß eonscriptionist and Labour) by 6ofl Lyttelton Mayoralty.—Mr. W. iffl j Lester 691, Mr Foster 401. jjß

In the City Council election, .« Beardand (Citizens' Association), A. >B& Taylor (Citizens'), and D. G. SullivaH| (Labour anti-conscriptionist) the required quota; H. G. Eli, M.P. (I'M dependent, conseriptionist), J. A. FleH cher (Citizens), F. Burgoyne anti-conscriptionist), W. Xicholls (CitH zens), J. R. Hay ward (Citizens), anH E. J. Howard (Labour, ' tionist) are next in order in the firjl preference vote, yet to be counted. NAPIER, April 25. M Mr. H. Hill (ex-school inspector) dSj i feated Mr J. V. Brown, M.P., by 3CW votes. Wm The personnel of the Borough i cil, Harbour Board, and Hospital BoaiJ ; were almost entirely changed. i^| WANGANUI, April 25. 1 For the Wanganui Mayoralty, AS Mackay polled 2142, and Mn Viefc^H In the half- holiday poll, the difl was changed, Saturday scoring 19OH j against Thursday's 1747. ; WESTPORT, April 25.1 Mayor. —Arthur Leaver (re-electe«B 950, Samuel 42(5. gj Borough Council. —Menzies, Slee,. FaH Fox, Hillayar, Larsen, MrKenzie, KoclH and Williams were elected. The Protestant Patriotic ticket caH ried every seat. 1H * GREYMOUTH, April 25.1 Interest centred on the election of tlfl Council, which was a straight-out ])<JH on conscription v. anti-conscription. Til Wednesday half-holiday was carrieHJ Incomplete returns show that the ant-M

cannot gain a single seat. Sunday piH ture shows were voted out. il^H OTHER RESULTS. |H WELLINGTON, April 25.1 Mayoralties.—Onslow, J. M. Dale 4IH C. C. Crump (retiring Mayor) 433. Low cr Hutt, Henry Baldwin 720,fa01m BaH '496. Petone, J. W. McEwan IS6I, 9 Anderson 717. jflfl The Hutt and Petone combined diS tricts favoured Saturday half-holidayjMJ DUXEDIN, April 25. B City Mayoralty. —Clarke Mayor) 8500, Green 0237. MH Mayor Election. —Rohert Milligan S-jM W. H. Frith (retiring Mayor) 395, Vfl Mayoralty.—D. McDougall beat BuM rows and Day. aBB INVERCAEGILL, April 25. fl For Mayor, Stead 2275. (retiring Mayor) 1553. ■ WOODVILLE, April 25.1 For Mayor, H. P. Home IS4, J. Gni! H 162. J3B FONTON, April 25. ffl Borough Council.—Messrs. G. CoieH N. H. Walker, R. J. Thompson, 9 Stephenson, T Henderson, J. MeCalL H Hurley, R. McMurray, and E. Bryant. Jj Ex-Cr. J. Chrystall was elected MayßH unopposed. flj PALMEESTON, April 25. M Hospital Board.—Mrs Gill 1641, M« Crabb 1110, Dr. Whittaker 1083, J. -S Nash 1079 (elected). Bfl Borough Council.—H. E. Bennett, fl L. Broad, L. E. Bryant, N. J -jJ C. 3ST. Clausen, H. E Crabb, M.#EeillJJ F. Rolfe, and C. F. Spooner were electeM