AMENDED POLLING RETURNS

The following amended polling returns have come to hand:— ASHBURTON. After 123 valid postal votes have been allocated, the position in the MidCanterbury poll is:— D.Jones (R.) 3948 Connolly (U.) 3866 Wightman (I.) 222 Williams (Lab.) 839 Majority for Jones 82 There are 51 votes by declaration and more than 530 absentee votes outstanding. PATBA. A count of the absentee votes of Patea gives Dickie (R.) a majority of 189 over Hislop (U.), with 25 votes to be counted. BAY OF ISLANDS. H. M. Rushworth (C.) : 3754 A. Bell (R.) 3673 R. E. Hornblow (Lib.-Lab.) 297 Majority for Rushworth .... SI [Pinal.] MOTUEKA. G. C. Black (U.) 3757 R. P. Hudson (R.) 3348 Majority for Black 409

TIMARU. Rev. C. Carr (L.) 5162 I Hon. P. J. Rolleston (R.) -1710 Majority for Carr 4u2 MASTERTON. G. R. Sykes (R.) 3891 W. Thompson (U.) 2831 B. Roberts (L.) 1266 Majority for Sykes 1060 WELLINGTON SUBURBS. Hon.' R. A. Wright (R.) 5297 T. Brindle (L.) 3551 K. M'Lennaii (U.) 3016 Majority for Wright 1.710 NEW PLYMOUTH. S. G. Smith (U.) 5190 C. te Bcllringer (R.) 3821 \V. G. Simpson (L.) 1215 Majority for Smith 1369 OROUA. J. G. Cobbe (U.) 4134 J. G. EHott (R.) 349!) Majority for Cobbe 635 RAGLAN. W. L, Martin (L.) 3994 W. Seavill (R.) 3010 W. Brown (I.R.) 185 Majority for Martin 084 HAMILTON. Hon. J. A. Young (R.) 4112 S. C. O. Lvc (Lib.-Lab.) 3178 P. W. Schramm (L.) 1953 Majority for Young 934 CHALMERS. A. E. Ansell (R.) 3134 N. II. Campbell (L.) 2554 J. P. Walls (U.) 1S45 A. M'Laehlan (I.R.) 37 Mnjority for Ansell 580 WAITAKI. J. Bitchener (R.) 4251 P. R. Cooke (L.) 3128 Majority for Bitchener .... 1123 DUNEDIN WEST. Hon. W. D. Stewart (R.) 4189 C. M. Moss (U.) 3085 R, Harrison (L.) 2288 Majority for Stewart 1104