THE MASTERTON MAYORALTY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5193, 28 November 1895, Page 2

THE MASTERTON MAYORALTY.

MR HERON AGAIN RETURNED, 1 A fair amount of interest was taken in the Masterton mayoral election yesterday, and particular!) in tho afternoon the candidates and their friends were working hard tc get voters to the poll. At 1.30 p.m. one hundred anil t thirty yotes had been recorded, r total of 347 votes being made by sis , o'clock. , Mr R, Brown, Returning Officer , with remarkable promptness had tin i result result ready at a few minute: ' past six, the ollicial numbers being - ' Heron, George .. ..139 Pownall, O. A 133 HomWow.R.E 71 luformal „ 1 [ Total 374 1 Mr Heron, who was present, briefly I returned thanks for re-election, pro | raising to do his best in the future ai ' he had in the past. Mr A. Vile, on behalf of Mr l'ow 1 nail, returned thanks to those wlic ; had supported Mr Pownall, aut ; stated that the candidate was unabh ' to personally return thanks having t been called homo owing to the suddei illness of Mrs Pownall, I Mr Hornblow also thanked thosi 1 who had given him their votes, ant ' said that considering the ability 0: 1 his opponents, be did not considei , his position on the poll a bad one ; He was a young man yet, anc ' intended to again come forward ! In the meantime, ho would remind them, that he was still a member 0: ■ the Borough Council, and could con tinue to watch ratepayers' interests i A voto of thanks to the Returuinj Officor, terminated the proceedings