MUNICIPAL POLLS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 292, 2 May 1913, Page 5

MUNICIPAL POLLS.

FURTHER RESULTS. HAWERA. Per Press Association. Voting on the half-holiday resulted in Wednesday being retained. FEILDIXG. In the Mayoral election Mr. A. M. Ongley defeated Mr. E. Goodbeherc, the sitting Mayor, by five votes. It was the heaviest poll on record. Mr. Ongley is most prominent in athletics. He is captain of both cricket and , football clubs and champion tennis player. In the poll on the half-holiday Wednesday was carried.

PAHIATUA. In the Mayoral contest David Crewe, the sitting Mayor, polled 280 votes, J. D. Wilson, an ex-Mayor, 270. WELLINGTON HOSPITAL BOARD. ' "Wellington, May 1. The final results of the poll for the Hospital and /Charitable Aid Board were not available until' 2 o'clock this afternoon. The poll is headed by Dr. (Mrs.) Pktts Mills, the Rev. Mr. Van Stavei en is second and the Rev. Mr. Elliott third. Three Labor representatives were among the successful candidates, including Mrs. Maclaren, wife of the Mayor.

AUCKLAND. SATURDAY HOLIDAY CAUUIED. The City Council elections resulted in the return of thirteen member* of the 014 Council nnd five new members, including Miss E. Melville. The Mayors of snli'irbun Ixvouzln were elected as fo"ows:—f>i<v T.nin, George Baiklon: Onnli'iim. John TCow.

Tll the Harbor 1 'o:i '-I rlcction Mr. Alf soil was the on!v sitting member dc fen ted.

For the Hos'iiMl Boavd the elections resulted in 3 <• of reform ci'lidates beingr elected. Dr. Florence Keller headed the poll. The complete P'su'f-s of th* lnlf-holi-dav poll are: Saturday 10..'!!)0, Wednesday 0703.

P:r'*'M'irkc. Thursday. The Wednesday half-holiday was * retained by 97 votes.' HASTINGS. T'astniffs, Thur a dav. In the Borough Council election. Messrs. Styles. Hart,. Jionovan (Labor). ITolderness and McCormick were reelected, nnd the new counciloors are Kins, McKibbon, Blake and Wade (Labor). For t,h" Hastings seat on the Napier Harbor Board, Mr. Lane, inner harbor candidate, was re-elected by a sweeping majority over Messrs. A. L. D. Fraser, McCormick and Fowler.

WELLINGTON*. The follow-in? are the coninlete returns of th )*o eleotfil to the Citv Coun-cil.-—R. Fletcher (T.) 10,835, W. H. V. TCnrbcr (A.) 10.01S, .T. Fuller, iun. (T.) 0? 10. A. R, Atkinson (A.) 0020. R. A. Wrisrht (A.) m~. G. Frost (A.) 0240. T,. MclCenzio (A.) 0143. T. C. A. Hislnn (A.) 8477, .T. C.odber (A.) 5444. A. TT, TTindmarsh (LJ 8203, IT. Buddie (A.I 8144, W. .T. Thompson (A.) 7010. .T. Trevor (A.) 7(101. F. Cohen (I.) 7657, M. F. Luckie (A.) 7050. The letters A. T. and L represent the Association ticket. Independent ticket, and the Labor ticket. Harbor Board.—R. Fletcher, R. A. Wright, J. G. Cobbe. Maurice Cohen, C. K. Daniel, A. 11. Hindmarsh, C. W. Jones, V D. Kennedy. .T. W. McE'van, A. AfcFarlane, H. L. Nathan, J. Trevor, D. J. Watson, W. Hildreth.