MR J. E. STORY UNOPPOSED AS TAUPO'S FIRST MAYOR

Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 91, 16 October 1953, Page 1

MR J. E. STORY UNOPPOSED AS TAUPO'S FIRST MAYOR

18 COUNCIL CANDIDATES Nominations closed at noon on Friday last for Taupo's first Mayoral and Borcugh Council elections. Mr J. E. Story, who has been chairman of) the Town Board during its last term of office was the only nominee for the mayoralty, and thus becomes the first Mayorelect of the Borough of Taupo. Four nominations for membership of the Council were received in addition to those already reported in the "Times," these nominees being Col. J. E. Barton, Mr A. C. Foddy, Mr Te T. A. Grace and Mr J. E. Skeen. These nominations for the Borough Council bring the number of candidates for the eight seats up to eighteen. With the attainment of Borough status candidature for membership- of the local authority entails the deposit by each candidate of the Sum of £3, which is forfeited if the candidate fails to obtain ten per cent. of the total votes cast. ( The Mayoralty. Mr J. E. Story's nomination form for the Mayoralty was signed by the following nominators: — C. J. Vedder, K. E. Young, G. Marlow, M. Holder, H. Loughlin, I. M. Young, D. J. Smyrk, W. L. Haines, J. G. Dixon, S. Kilford, jW. H. Thomas, W. L, Fulljames, S. Bone, H. B. Rickard, G. Fraser, B. M. Armstrong, W. G. Morris, A. G. Wilson, J. R. Osborne, D. M. Cohen, J. M. Stanley, J. W. Woodward, W. G. B. Reading, E. T. Smith, Y. M. Morris, W. N. Morris, R. II. Ward, D. A. McLeod, W. T. Irvine, N. R. Irvine, K. O. Lewis., Council Nominations. Candidates for the Council are as follows, with the names of the nominators in each case. Names of present members of the Town Board are given first, followed by those of new candidates, with both groups listed alphabetically. Sitting Members : — Lewis, Katharine Ogilvie, nominated by A. E. Thomas, E. G. Kent, J. E. Story, J. W. Pearce, O. T. Calkin, W. G. Morris, E. W. Stott, A. Stott, K. E. Young. Morris, William George, (Mt. View Flats), nominated by J. E. Story and W. T. Irvine; Swan, James Donald, nominated by T. M. Kent and C. R. Leslie; Vedder, Clarke John, nominated by W. G. Morris and J. E. Story; Young, Kenneth Ernest, nominated by W. G. Morris and J. E. Story. New Candidates: — Barton, James Edgecumbe, nominated by W. H. Hili and N. A. Duthie; Burge, John Leslie, nominated by J. I. Miller and R. B. Kildey; Currie, Clement Stanley, nominated by S. N. Lowe and R. J. Russell; Foddy, Arthur Colin, nominated by C. J. Vedder and G. R. Reid; Grace, Te Takinga Arthur, nominated by J. Rameka and D. G. Crowther; Kent, Selma Augusta, nominated by D. G. Barry and C. J. McKinnon; Logan, lan Thomas, nominated by G. Marsland and J. McDonald; Morris, William Neil McLaren, (Morris Service Store), nominated by G. Marsland and W. H. White; McLeod, Jack Dalton, nominated by A. G. Wehringo and C. J. Monrad; Skeen, Joseph Ernest, nominated by K. N. East and L. A. Edlin; Stanley, James Melville, nominated by B. G.

Stewart and A. B. Coley; Svensen, Mervyn Leonard, nominated by J. W. Birnie and E. T. Smith; Wehringo, Aurelia, nominated by J. M. Stanley and J. W. Birnie.