COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXIII, Issue 80, 25 April 1901, Page 2

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION.

Tub extraordinary circumstances at> tacling to the election of whale of I the members of the Tarauaki Couatr Council, necessitated by the late Uountil resigning in a body, naturally caused a I large amount of activity and excitement throughout the Oounty. All the niemb rs, except Mr. Horrocks, sought ri'-el- ciicn. Theqw«s'iua ,-it, issue was practically the adoption or rejection of Mr. Okey's policy of continuing th* toll gates for two yean. In each of the Hidings there was a contest and the result wps a compile t-iuraph for the late County Chairman. The «ppon» eats of the tolls—Messrs Price, Adlan, and McOullun—were hU lejecttd, and the lie.v Oouroll shouM prova j itself to be that tt happy family " whick r t wps Raid to be in pass years, Mr.C. |T. Mitls fulfilled the dutiuu of ReturnI «ng Officer most efficiently, and a flat- : tering tostimony to his adrsiinistrativ* l ability is aff rded by the fact' that although the polling stations were very wid«# apart and at a gwat distance front own, the result ot tee returns for the whole County were received and th* result; made known within ad hour aa4 x quarter 4cf the close of the polls. ■ This is a feat of which he may justly ifettl proud. Details of the electi jb an. as follows:

MOA BIDING. Tariki Tariki Rd East Norfolk R<1 Kaioaate Ktl Inglewood Kaiauai Kgmout Village Mang-rol Kent Road New Plymouth 1 i § t S £ O Cu v; 0 W 3 *« O if ® *C d « a 0 £ | a H 15 14 15 81 S It 0 2 1 s J1 J 6 t 10 1 if 24 17 19 12 8 15 205 181 113 175 ]|9 jqj 2 3 5 1 6 2 14 4 32 15 24 4 18 12 17 13 15 1 9 » 17 13 10 2 1G 15 23 28 21 14 Total 313 233 214 293 255 178* Jos. Brown. D. H. McDonald and Mark Hopsoa elected . PAR1HAKA HIDING. ' Gray. M Cullvvn*. Phfflipj* Opunakc 12 d 18 » Oaonui 18 24 27 I Itahotii HI 31 jjg f I'uDgerahu 24 3 24 ' Waiea 3-3 u o» ' Oiato 88 4 05' New Plymouth 10 3 Total 193 "12V 205* f W._0. Phillips and W. J. Gray elected. f 1 OMATA RIDING 1 t V fij a s® -2 v .2 £ 8 S £ 5 3 " » 0 £ Tataraniaika Oafeura Omata "rankley Koad •New Plymouth 1 3 0 31 2» I t 8 9 ,12 2ff 4i 0 13 15 2 2 1 25 2» 2W U 145 12« Total 72 H2 19 246 214 H. Okey andG. W. Wareham elected. WAITARA HIDING. Glegg Lepper* Tata* 10 96 gg Huirangi 6 12 13 Leppertoa 3 49 Tarurotanj;i 24 0 17 Ball Block 23 85 87 Ei'montKoad 9 1 7 Kitzroy IIS 12 12 New Plymouth 19 41 47 Total 10K 238 878G. V. Tate and 0. M. L"pper elected 'Members of late Council,