TOWN BOARDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 225, 22 September 1932, Page 3

TOWN BOARDS.

YESTERDAY'S ELECTIONS. RESULTS OF THE POLLS. CHANGES OF PERSONNEL. A lively interest was taken yesterday in tlio biennial election of members of town boards. Results are as follow:— HELENSVILLE. Successful.—C. S. West 267, Dr. F. Matlieson 253, J. F. Lambert 251. J. B. Edmonds 218, A. G. Lowe 203, W. Downer 195, E. S. Dunford 174. Unsuccessful.—6. Paton 173, E. Sellars 151, C. G. Sandin 140, A. J. Rovcroft 12S. KAMO. Successful.—J. Morrow 176, H. Younger 170, W. Wakelin 166, B. Woods 160, M. Melnnes 150. W. Markwick 152. Of the above all were sitting members except Mr. W. Wakelin, a previous member, who returns to the board after unsuccessfully contesting a seat in the last election. Mr. Markwick, a sitting member, was defeated. HIKURANGI. The voting was: R. Nesbitt 252, W. J. McKinlay, inn., 236, H. H. Hawkins 234, E. W. Rickard 217, C. Latham 194, D. Cochrane 160. N. Gibson 153. Mrs. C. L Dale 142, J. W. Hansel! 136. A. Pratt 108, F. R. Meyer 107, Mrs. A. C. Hansell 105, C. Carstairs 100, L. A. McLean 74, A. Longlands 61. Never has interest been more intense in I a town board election than at Hikurangi. j Something in the nature of a ticket was, run bv the collieries, and the nomination ] of two ladies added life to the election. Both are prominent members of the Women's Institute and other local organisations. Mr. R. Nesbitt, who was returned at the top of the poll, is the present chairman, and Messrs. Rickard, Latham, and Hawkins nre sitting members. No less than 435 votes were recorded, of which i\ were informal. RUSSELL. The voting was: A. E. Bissett 125, H. Sommerville 116. A. E. Neumann 102, J. Graham 99, W. T. Anderson 90, M. Ashton S5, .7. Brooker 81, G. P. Hooper 72, J. Armitagc 69. Mr. Sommerville was the only new candidate returned. Mr. J. Armitagc had beeu a member or the board since its inception. The present chairman. Mr. Bissett, topped the poll. A total of 190 voted. ONERAHI. The voting was: A. D. Weir 144, P. J. Mcllvrlde 132, G. W. Johnson 12o; L. 3. Bloomiield 104, .T. Mathleson 90, H. A. Scott 84. W. E. Wood 72. Onlv two old members sought re-election, Messrs. Weir and Mathieson. Mr. Johnson has served on the board previously, and Messrs. Mcllvride and Bloomficld, the lastnamed of whom is the headmaster of the Onerahi School, arc newcomers to local body politics. TE PUKE. The election resulted in the return of the old board, Messrs. Cooney, Bostock, Persey, Sweetraan, Harris, Butcher ana Ryan, Bell and Roberts were unsuccessful. OHAUPO. Successful.—Messrs. C. K. Edwards, E. J Edwards, F. J. Field, W. A. Forsyth, E. Sanson, H. Tltmarsh and L. J. Turnwald. . , . Unsuccessful. —Messrs. Anderson and Vickers. RAGLAN. Successful. —Messrs. J. M. Thompson, A. L. Pegler, V. Pegler, E. Blenard and \V. R. Moore. LEAMINGTON. The election resulted in the old board being returned. The voting was:—Messrs. J. W. Garland 175, T. S. Hicks 172, F. Pemberton 162, J. H. Brock 159, A. E. Peppercorn 151, F. Mack 150, T. H. Kelly 149. Unsuccessful. —W. J. Harris, 71. MATAMATA. Successful. —Messrs. W. A. Gordon 301, W. M. Griffiths 297, J. Pohlen 276, G. G. Bell 258, C. C. Vincent 204, A. J. Tong 187, A. .T. Young 180. . Unsuccessful. —Messrs. A. L. Wrigley 177, R. McCready 174, O. Heerdegen 140, \V. W. Livingstone 146, W. S. Wilson 13S, D. C. Watcrson 110. Informal, 31. PAPATOETOE. Successful. —Messrs. E. H. Burton 503. W. J. Nicholson 466. J. Franklin 417, D. T. Morgan 414. E. H. Nolan 406, G. P. Pcnnell 334, W. J. Dochcrty 232. Unsuccessful. —Messrs. A. A., Civil, W. A. Nesbitt and L. Havlll. Out of a roll of 1400, 600 votes were recorded. HENDERSON. The voting, was.—Messrs. A. GaTelja 222. J. H. Lee 218. R. Carey 217, H. Nor3ross 210, A. W. Bussey 203, F. G. Piatt 106, 11. C. Hansen ISO, W. A. Corban 171. SV. H. Bell 149. The first seven are the successful canildates. Messrs. Carey and Hansen are icw members. MERCER. The voting was.—Messrs. F. J. Freeborn 104, A. 3. Bourne 100, J. Bates 97, A. tlass 82, E. B. Morey 81, C. Roose 08, H. 3ordon 46, C. Gordon 41. Informal 1. L'otal poll, 142. ELLERSLIE. Successful. —H. White 518, A. Thomson 507. A. Milliken 482, S. Somerfield 482. J. J. Toy 453, H. I. Sinison 437. J. Gavin 362. Unsuccessful.—W. H. Ball 333. W. Ryan 333, A. Pond 289, A. Vause 278. M. Segedin 256, S. Pembercon 236, T. Y. Jacohson 84. A total of 972 electors voted out of a total of 1690. Informal 42. s PAPAKURA. Successful.—H. E. McEntee 275, C. W. Jackson 238. W. K. Francis, jun., 229. D. Weir 226, D. Hunt 223, W. G. F. Kerr 211. H. G. Bartels 210. Unsuccessful.—H. D. Spinlcy 204, J. Andrew 187, H. C. Baulf 185. GLEN EDEN. Successful. —P. C. Dorn 335, F. S. Sriowden 302, W. G. Bond 296. A. J. Routley 294, A. F. Rosier 278, G. H. Ambler 247, J. Edwards 213. -Unsuccessful.—.T. L. Belsham 179. H. Tyrrell 170. W. H. Shepherd 166, B. Byatt 82, V. Muller 76. HOWICK. Successful.—J. Crawford 241. A. Cherry 209, T. Granger 209 (new member), H. H. Bushcll 208. G. Bell 181, J. C. Lltten 170, A. F. Fitzwilliams 165 (new member). Unsuccessful.—A. R. J. Coge 160, L. V. Mclnness 160. The chairman will be appointed at the next meeting on October 6. WARKWORTH. Successful.—L. Poterick 132. A. S. Carran 116, P. A. McDowell 102, S. Smith 93 (new member), T. W. Collins 87 (new member). Unsuccessful.—F. D. Hart 77, W. Warin 64. TUAKAU. Successful.—W. J. Taylor 293, E. W. Fielder 201, A. H. Tapper (new member) 248. S. Crawford 238, G. N. Asher 233, J. J. Dromgool 225, W. J. Deeble 221. Unsuccessful.—A. F. Escott 187, G. Gilmo ur 158. A poll for continuing Wednesday as a half-day or changing to Saturday was taken, and resulted in 313 votes being recorded for Wednesday, as against 78 for Saturday. . MOUNT MAUNGANUI. Successful.—E'. C. Banks 106, E. C. Hanks, jun., SB. W. H. Howard S6, J. R. Tait 85, F. P. Bennett 82, D. P. Bain 82, G. Jones 71. Unsuccessful. —,T. Kimber 68, C. J. West 54, C. B. Millar 54, R. Stewart 36.