CIVIC ELECTIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 86, 12 April 1927, Page 10

CIVIC ELECTIONS.

INTEREST QUICKENING. ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS. THREE FOR MAYORALTY. rWany additional nominal inn* ha\e been received by tlie returning officer (Mr. P. F. Not ley) since yo-torilay in connection with the municipal elections that take place on April '27. The final nominations must be in the hands of the returning officer by noon to-morrow for the city Mayoralty, the City Council, the Auckland Hospital Board, and tho Harbour Board (city seats 1. The position at present is as follow*:--CITY MAYORALTY. Additional nominations: Mr. T. Blood-, worth (Labour), Mr. Harold Schmidt (Independent!. Mr. Bloodworth's nomination was signed by the Tfon. Gco. Fowlds. Mr. John W."Mitchell (architect). Mr. William R. Tuck (solicitor), and Mr. R. S. Mackay. The nomination of Mr. Goo. Haildon (Mayor 1 for a further term v.-.is rewiwd last "week. CITY COUNCIL. A total of -21 scuts, fur which .10 iioniiiiations have now Ikvii received. Sitting members are dcnoteil by S. The additional nominations are: — Messrs. M. J. Coyle (S), T. (". Tow, M. ■T. Bennett Oil' R. F. Barter. .1. B. raterson (S). I?. Clews. 11. .1. Sutherland, 0. Mcßriue, \V. K. Sill, F. W. Schramm. A. Thompson (Si. i<. Brownlee (Si. HOSPITAL BOARD. Five scats, for which 9 m-niinations have now been received. The additional nomination-? are: — Mcsdames A. E. Kidd (S) and Ivy MeCready, Messrs. \V. W. Wallace (Si, A. Eecles. 11. l<. Barter.. HARBOUR BOARD. Four seats, for which eight nominations have been received.

The additional nominations are: — Messrs. \V. H. Murray (S), T. Bloodworth (SI, 0. Mcßrine. K. \V. Inder. (S), and 11. K. Jenkins.

Mr. W. H. Murray, one of the candidates for the Auckland Harbour Board, has been a sitting member for the past two years as a representative of the City of Auckland. He has been a member of the various committees of the board, and is in intimate tojjeh with the various improvements works in progress, ilr. Murray was for eight years a member of the Grey Lynn Borough Council before the amalgamation of Grey Lynn with the city. Mr. Murray is well known in the business life of he city, being for 20 years tlie managing director of the Murray Shoe Company.

At a meeting of the executive committee of the City West I'rogre.-sive Association last evening it .vas decided that the association extend to Mr..W. H. Murray their hearty appreciation of his valuable services as a member of the Auckland Harbour Board during the past two years. It was further resolved to support Mr. Murray as a candidate for a further term.