LICENSING ELECTIONS:.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22217, 24 March 1900, Page 2

LICENSING ELECTIONS:.

♦ c HEAVY POLLING IN AUCKLAND) VICTORY FOR THE EARLYCLOSING CANDIDATES • j ' The election of licensing commissioners! .for the Auckland city took place oru ■ 7 Wednesday. There-were twelve candidates. The ten o’clock candidates; were : Messrs Enoch. Bond, Maurice Casey, P;. E. Cheal, Arthur Rosser ajJKf< ./ J. J. Ci-aig.. The moderate, .indepencL enr, and unpledged candidates J were: Messrs Graves Aickin, J. M, Mennie,, T. T. Masefield,, R..Tudehope, and J. . H. Upton. Mes-ra. Wm. Gruig andl John Patterson were also nominated. There were five polling, booths—St. ■ James’ Hall, St. Benedict’s Halt,. the>. Driil Hall, St.. George’s Hall, and’ Ponsonby Hall. The total number, of voters. On. the >' rolls was 14,428. The hoteis were dosed from noon; to 7, p.m. in accordance with, the pro->-visious of :he L'censing- Act.. / The polling, was very, heavy, andt the result was not, made known- till o’clock this morning,. The tig-lit was a straight out issue? whether candidates pledged to 10' as; against 11 o’clock closing, should be? ~ returned.. The poll resulted in the election of; the full ten o’clock ticket, the success full candidates being Messrs. J.. J„. Craig, Maurice Casey, Arthur Rosser,, P. E.. Cheal,: and Enoch B nd.