LICENSING COMMITTEE ELECTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 75, 27 March 1903, Page 2

LICENSING COMMITTEE ELECTION.

r • ■ The elec' ion of members for the Taranaki Licensing Committee wan held on I Thursday and passed eff quietly throughout the district, A fair amount of interest was taken in the matter owing to the ques ion of 10 o'clock closing of hotel birs bei'g the point at issue so far as the five prohibitionis 1 - , candidal fis were concerned, but the | poll was only half that at the reII sent general election The arrangetjments at all the polling stations | were vsry complete and refl''ci grea f . I credit on the Returning Officer, Mr Arthur H. Holmes, whose courtesy I and business ability preeminently fit - him for the office It will be seen that t there was a good deal of cross voting • showing that a proportion of the elec- [ tore pinned their faith more on [ particular candidates for peisinal > reasons than as advocates of either c ticket. The result of the poll was declared by Mr Holmes about 9 15 p.m., and the crowd, which bad been waiting outfide the Tueatre Royal for an hour or two, raised a faint cheer, The counting was a somewhat long pr:oess, owing to the number of candidates acd the Cioss voting. It will be seen that the Rev. F, A, Bennett heads the poll, and that he has twu colleagues pledged to the 10 o'clock closing, while the te- , maining two elected members belong

to the moderate party. This leaves matters in an interesting coadition, as should the official chairman (the S.M.) cast his vote wi.h the mdtrates, matters will continue as at present. RESULT OF POLL. ELECT£D. Benne'.t, R--V. F. A. .. 1288 Ambury, Walter .. .. 1255 Brash, Thos, .. .. .. 1193 Newman, W. L, .. .. 1176 McKellar, J.S. .. .. 1171 UN ELECTED. Hugbson, T. P. .. .. 1152 Parker, J. H. .. .. 1127 Brooking, W, F. .. .. 1106 Berry, L) 1081 Maxwell, E. .. .. .. 1069 THE TOWN VOTE. Taking the polling in the town district, that is at tbe Central Polling Booth, South-road, Orocktr's, and! Fitzroy, it will bs seen that the resalt is decidedly in favour of the Moderate Party, tba five at the head of the poll beiDg:— N.wrnan .. .. 886 McK. llur .. .. 873 Bennett .. ~ 862 Brooking .. .. 845 Berry .. .. 794 Tbe following are the details of the polling:

V js A a it g Js a o a> M ta ► B 3 a V 0 « i M .a M <5 P* M o o £ 3 « < 7a a w m s New Plymouth (Th?atre) 543 607 472 651 647 480 468 614 597 588 Bell Block 43 41 40 11 9 39 37 10 9 7 Jfiti'oy 53 49 43 64 (iti 42 41 63 69 64 ICgmont Village 65 57 53 14 17 51 49 19 17 17 Egmont Road 19 19 ie 4 5 J6 IS 3 6 4 King and Upland Roada 23 29 27 1 0 28 2* 2 0 0 Lower Kent Koad ... 13 13 14 6 6 12 12 7 6 6 Mangorei ■26 28 27 10 10 25 26 12 12 9 Upper Carrington Road 11 12 16 8 10 11 13 8 9 6 Ifransley Road 21 21 16 12 13 17 17 9 9 8 W«8town 33 34 34 6 6 34 33 7 7 5 Crocker's 160 204 18C 111 110 170 173 116 86 92 Soutk Road 67 66 61 6) CO 62 62 52 52 47 Omata 25 24 26 17 14 25 21 12 11 12 Oaknra 18 19 19 18 18 13 13 19 20 1« Koru 7 7 8 2 2 7 7 2 2 1 Tataraimaka 18 17 19 14 12 \1 18 13 11 11 Okato 22 21 19 64 62 20 22 63 60 65 Funiha 17 19 11 14 IT 16 10 14 16 17 Warea 14 17 IS 12 16 13 1 IS 11 11 Panf?areha 11 10 12 11 11 10 11 10 10 IS Rabotu 44 41 62 66 70 44 43 86 72 70 Total 1288 125S 1193 1176 1171 115'i 1121 1100 1081 1069