LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22399, 12 May 1938, Page 12

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

(Mr R. M. Macfarlane Wins Mayoralty LABOUR GAINS CONTROL OF CITY COUNCIL Citizens’ Losses on Harbour Board And Hospital Board By ■winning the Mayoralty and 10 of the 16 seats on the Christchurch City Council, the Labour Party yesterday regained the control it lost to the Citizens’ Association at the last general elections in the municipality. Subject to the official count, which will he commenced to-day, Labour will have a voting strength of 11 compared with five on the outgoing council. In addition, Labour scored a sweeping victory in its campaign for the city seats on the Lyttelton Harbour Board, its four candidates being successful by clear-cut majorities and displacing the three sitting representatives of the Citizens’ Association. Labour had another victory in the election for the nine city seats on the North Canterbury Hospital Board, six of its representatives being elected. In the second highest poll on record, the Labour candidate for the Christchurch Mayoralty, Mr R. M, Macfarlane, defeated Dr. John Guthrie, the nominee of the Citizens’ Association, by 1280 votes. The voting was as follows:R. M.V Macfarlane (L.), •• 18,698 J. Guthrie (CJU .. .. 17,418 Majority for Macfarlane .. 1,280 The largest poll for the Christchurch Mayoralty was in 1935, I when 40,018 votes were cast. Yesterday 36,118 valid votes were | recorded. The result of the Mayoral election yesterday was assured ' early In the evening, Mr Macfarlane having a lead of a few more than 1000 votes about an hour after the booths had closed. It was clear at that stage that Mr Macfarlane’s position was secure, for the returns not then received were from small booths. Except for Mr J. W. Beanland’s term from 1936, the Labour Party has held the Mayoralty since 1925. The Citizens* Association representatives who lost their seats on the City Council are Messrs T. Andrews, F. D. Sargent, W. S. MacGlbbon, and the Hon. W. Hayward, M.L.C. Mr J. W. Beanland, Mayor for the last two years, who topped the poll at ihe 1935 election of councillors, was fifteenth on the list of the 16 councillors elected yesterday, and the highest Citizens’ candidate, Sir Hugh Acland, was more than 2000 votes behind the highest Labour candidate in the poll, Mr J. S. Barnett. New councillors, all of them Labour representatives, are Miss M., B. Howard and Messrs J. D. Carey, H. E. Denton, J. E. Jones, T. Nuttall, F.’G. Thomas, and £. A.'Sharp.

4 i RTOTING FOR THE N MAYORALTY

to the polling headquarters in the City Council Chambers with commendable dispatch. The first return was received at 7.10 p.m.—lo minutes after the closing of the poll —from the booth in Clements’s motor shed in Barrington street. This return gave Mr Macfarlane 43 votes and Dr. Guthrie 21 votes; and the next return—from Lyttelton—increased .the Labour vote to 153 and the Citizens’ Association vote to 56. The final return was received at 9.50 p.m. The Lead Changes Mr Macfarlane ran to the lead until the fifth return, and then Dr. Guthrie, after being seven votes behind, took the lead with 376 votes to 339. This'advantage was held in the next lour returns, but then Mr Macfarlane received the greater support in the next 19 returns. The return from the booth in the municipal office —1122 votes for Dr. Guthrie and 524 for Mr Macfarlane —then put Dr. Guthrie ahead with 8520 votes, compared with 8439 for his opponent. Not until the votes had reached I£,ooo did Mr Macfarlane assume the lead that Dr. Guthrie could not overtake. When his total was 13,368, Mr Macfarlane’s lead was 113, and he did not lose the advantage after this. At 8.10 p.m. Dr. Guthrie had 15,565 votes, and Mr Macfarlane 16,523. Result Assured At that stage there were only 10 returns outstanding. These were from small booths, too, and it was obvious that Mr Macfarlane was secure. The next four returns gave Mr Macfarlane a lead of 1049 votes, and in each of the last four Mr Macfarlane’s votes exceeded those of his opponent. The largest booth vote for Mr Macfarlane was 549, at the Linwood Public Library, while Dr. Guthrie’s largest booth return was 1122 votes, recorded at the • booth in the City Council _ office. ■At the Linwood Public Library Dr. Guthrie received 435 votes, and at the municipal office Mr Macfarlane received 524 votes. There were 94 polling booths, aqd in 59 of these Mr Macfarlane had majorities. Details of Polling The following list gives the details of the polling. The booths are given according to suburban find city districts and show as in past years,* the political adherence of certain defined areas—some strongly for Labour and others for the Citizens’ Association,

Changing Fortunes In Early Stages I RESULT ASSURED BY EIGHT O’CLOCK ' Little more than an hour after the closing of the poll the result of title mayoral election was considered to be certain, as with only 10 small returns to come Mr Macfarlane had a lead of a few more than 1000 votes. Subsequent returns proved the accuracy of this estimate of the final result, the last return giving Mr Macfarlane a lead of 1280 yotes. Mr Macfarlane polled 18,698 votes, and Dr. Guthrie 17,418 votes. There was a long delay before the final result was known. Up to 8.15 p.m. the results had been telephoned

FIRST TERM AS MAYOR MR R. M. MACFARLANE’S WIN WORK IN INTERESTS OF LABOUR Mr R. M. Macfarlane, who yesterday succeeded in winning his first contest for the, Mayoralty, is 36 years of age, and has been secretary of the North Canterbury Labour Representation Committee since 1929. He has been an active member of the Labour Party in the city since he was 16 years old, and in recent years has served on a number of local bodies. His previous experience on the City Council was gained in two terms as a councillor. He was first elected to. the council in 1927, but lost his seat in 1929, however, and was not re-elected until 1936. in a by-election, when he topped the poll of Labour candidates. As a member of the last City Council, Mr Macfarlane served on the works, baths, traffic, and entertainment committees, as well as the milk committee and the amalgamation of local bodies’ committee, both of which have been dealing with important council policy proposals. Mr Macfarlane is also a member ot the Christchurch Tramway Board, on which he has served for some years. In the 1935 General Election, he stood in the Labour interest for Christchurch North, but was beaten by Mr S. G. Holland, although his vote was the biggest ever given a Labour nominee in that electorate. Mr Macfarlane is keenly interested in sport, and until recently took an active part in Rugby football and in cricket and boxing. LABOUR GRATIFIED MR J. ROBERTS’S COMMENT "Naturally, I am very gratified at the increase in the Labour vote in the Mayoral and Harbour Board elections,” said Mr J. Roberts, president of the North Canterbury Labour Representation Committee, when he was interviewed last evening. “I am confident that the Mayor and the Labour members elected to the different bodies will not let the citizens of Christchurch down,” he added. Mr Roberts said that the Labour successes were a tribute to the excellent organisation of the party, and to the personal qualities of Mr Macfarlane and the other candidates. On behalf of the Labour Representation Committee he thanked all those who had given their votes to the party. I HEAVY POLLING IN SYDENHAM COMMENT OF RETURNING OFFICER The Sydenham district was the only one in which heavy voting began early in the day, said the Returning Officer, Mr Albert Freeman, commenting on the polling. Otherwise the voting was steady. There was no congestion at any • of the booths, and this was indicative of the success of the change in the system of marking ballot papers. Under the old plan of crossing out the names voting would have taken longer in the booths, and the count by the returning officers would have been an even longer task than it was. It was too early to comment on the informal votes cast, Mr Freeman said last night, but it certainly appeared that the public was becoming better educated to the task, although with four separate voting papers for their consideration they had an admittedly difficult task. . _ Other assistant returning officers working in the booth 'also commented on the early returns indicative of heavy polling in the Sydenham area—which many at the council chambers took as an early forecast of good polling by Labour.

“CLEAN CONTEST”

MAYORAL CANDIDATES ADDRESS CROWD COMPLAINT MADE- BY MR MACFARLANE NEWSPAPERS CRITICISED “Wo have achieved this in spite of the opposition, and- *n some cases the misrepresentation of the newspapers,” declared Mr R. M. Macfarlane, Labour candidate for the Mayoralty, addressing the crowds in Manchester street after his success in the Mayoral election had been announced. Mr Macfarlane emphasised, however, that his contest with Dr. John Guthrie. Citizens’ Association candidate, had been "very clean, indeed." Dr. Guthrie and Mr Macfarlane were introduced by the Mayor (Mr J. W. Beanland) to a crowd considerably smaller than that which waited outside the City Council Chamber three years ago. Three cheers were given for the new Mayor, and shouts of “Good old Bobl” welcomed him to the balcony outside the Mayor’s room. After thanking his supporters, Mr Macfarlane congratulated Dr. Guthrie on the splendid and clean fight he had carried on in the election campaign. “I can say without any hesitation that it will go down as one of the cleanest fights in the history of this election," he said. After the reference to the newspapers already quoted, Mr Macfarlane added: “I have a definite complaint against one newspaper, which did not always give me fair play. I feel that the public of Christchurch have been able to make up their minds without the assistance or the guidance of the newspapers." Dr. Guthrie’s Good Wishes Mr Macfarlane continued that he would do all he could to advance the interests of Christchurch, and all that he could to bring credit to his native city. He would endeavour also to live up to the high standard set by his Labour predecessors. Dr. Guthrie, who was warmly received by the crowd, congratulated Mr Macfarlane on his victory. “I wish Mr and Mrs Macfarlane all success in the onerous duty on which they have entered,” he said. “I hope that all goes well. I would be a poor philosopher if I could not take a knock-out when it comes, and a poor sportsman. I am only sorry that I could not succeed on behalf of the Citizens’ Association. “I shall gain a great deal of comfort and consolation from my own fireside,” Dr. Guthrie added, “and I may at times be sorry for Mr and Mrs Macfariane in the duties they will have to go through. Finally, I hope I will live to fight another day.” A few informal remarks by Mr E. J. Howard, M.P., ended the speeches from the balcony; but a large part of the crowd remained to sec the final results posted for the various elections, chief interest being in whether or not the new Mayor’s party would enjoy a majority.

PUBLICS APATHY BLAMED

DEFEAT OF CITIZENS* CANDIDATES COMMENT BY CHAIRMAN “The whole position can clearly be attributed to the apathy of the electors,” said the chairman of the Christchurch Citizens’ Association, Mr W. S. Mac Gibbon, in commenting on the defeat of his party at the City Council elections. Mr Mac Gibbon said that his party s organisation was more perfect this year than ever before, but public apathy had nullified its efforts. On the other hand, the figures clearly disclosed that Labour had voted its maximum strength. . , , Mr Mac Gibbon said his party 'Wished to congratulate Mr Macfarlane on his victory, and hoped that he would have a very successful term of office. RABBIT BOARDS Banks Peninsula •T. Masefield .. .. 519 A. E. Williams .. .. 511 •V. Craw .. «• 504 N. A. Gardiner .. 466 J. N. McGowan .. 456 (Elected). J. Mould .. .. 448 •H. A. Nutt .. .. 432 •J. V. Chapman .. 427 W. Anderson .. .. 391 Tekapo *R. G. Hun ter-Weston. •T. D. Burnett. •W. D. Orbell. •W. G. Hosken. •B. N. Murray. (Elected.) Hurunui H. E. Fincham. J. Fitzsimmons. H. S. Ingram. ELLESMERE LANDS DRAINAGE BOARD Two members to represent Ladbrooks subdivision:— •J. Sharp .. * .. 117 •H. Pickering .. .. 102 (Elected). C. E. Schaffer .. 101 H. C. Anderson .. 98

CITY COUNCIL CHANGE

LABOUR GAINS FIVE SEATS SEVEN NEW MEMBERS ELECTED SITTING COUNCILLORS LOSE SEATS Labour yesterday doubled the number of its representatives on the Christchurch City Council, and now holds a 10 to six majority, which will also be strengthened by the vote of the newly-elected Labour Mayor, Mr R- M. Macfarlane. The representation of the Citizens’ Association V a s reduwd from 11 seats, which gave it a big f 0,.? on the last council, to six, and four sitting members lost their seats. Four Labour councillors. Messrs; J. S. Barnett, G. Manning, and E. Parlane, and Miss M. B. Howard, in that order, topped the poll, and Mr Barnett’s total vote was more than 2000 ahead of that of the best supported Citizens Association candidate, Sir H^ g w A ßean' The retiring Mayor, Mr J. ”..Beanland, was fifteenth on the list oi elected councillors. The new council will have seven new members —all Labour They are Miss M. B. Howard and Messrs H.E. Den ton, J. D. Carey. T. Nuttall, J. E. Jones, F. G. Thomas, and E. A. Sharp. The final result of the election was not known till 1.30 this morning—which was considerably earlier than in 1900. Until the final few returns were received the fate of the elected councillors in the lower places on the list was in doubt, and fortunes changed with each new announcement. Messrs F. D. Sargent, W. S. Mac Gibbon, W. Hayward, and T. Andrews, all prominent members of the last council, were among the unsuccessful Citizens’ Association candidates. A feature of the returns was the indication, unmistakable from many booths, of strict allegiance to party “ticket” voting. In some cases the votes cast for most members of a ticket were exactly the same at each booth. The only Independent in the field, Mr B. Ahlfeld, was at the foot of the poll, but polled more than enough votes to prevent the loss of his deposit. Details of the voting are:—

THE CROWD THAT WAITED

SMALLER ATTENDANCE IN STREET KEEN INTEREST IN RESULTS From a little after 7 p.m. last evening Manchester street outside the City Council building was blocked by a considerable crowd, keenly interested in the election results. It was a fairly quiet crowd—the closeness of the mayoral and City Council contests made it impossible for party supporters to become very excited. Only when the mayoral result was announced was there any demonstration. Measured by the size of the crowd, genuine public interest in the elections was rather less than three years ago. Then the street was . filled from the council building south as far as Worcester street. Last night the straggling edge of the crowd barely reached the corner of Worcester street. It was a cold night, though fine, and no doubt many citizens showed their interest in the more private and comfortable way of listening in at home. As a crowd its character was very simple. It cheered the results which pleased it, and booed those which did not. It was not a witty crowd, nor a disorderly one; though there were isolated attempts at humour, as when Dr. Guthrie was told to “go back to his fireside”—which was merely taken from a preference expressed by him in his speech from the balcony. One noisy interrupter tried hard to set the crowd singing “The Red Flag,” but he was obviously the only one who wished to do so; and even he did not know the words beyond the first two lines. When Mr Macfarlane’s success in the mayoral election had been announced the crowd began to melt away, though many stayed doggedly on to see the outcome of the more important contest, the struggle for a majority on the City Council. It was a typical election crowd, containing the usual proportion of people just attending out of idleness; and a considerable majority genuinely interested in the results. The genuinely interested naturally kept quiet, looked at the board, and listened to the announcements. In the half light, half gloom of the street they huddled themselves In overcoats, watching and waiting, those of the community who had come to see in person the effect of the Votes they had cast earlier in the day. RIVER BOARDS Kaikonra A. Keenan. E. A. W. Smith. J. Taylor. Charles Moran. H. Bleasdale. Elephant Hill Forbes Wallace. J. G. Ruddenklau. D. Boyd Wilson. F. G. Brown. P. G. W. Lindsay. C. T. Dugdale. Roger Bee. Wainono Drainage Board T. L. Hayman. W. T. Rogers. J. H. MitchelL Peter Hunter. ' • i. R Ton. II

HOSPITAL board

Six City Seats To Labour ONE SITTING CANDIDATE DEFEATED Of the nine city seats on the North Canterbury Hospital Board six were won by Labour candidates and three by Citizens’ Association nominees. One sitting candidate, Mrs J. E. Mackay (Citizens’), was defeated. New members of the board are Mrs L. E, Macfarlane, the new Mayoress, Dr. R, E, Hope-Pearson, and Mr H. E. Denton, all Labour representatives. The count was completed at 3 a.m. Details of the voting are;— “Mrs T. Green (Lafy) .. 21,148 •J. S. Barnett (Lab.) .. 20,280 •H. T. D. Acland (C.A.) 19,342 •Mrs I. Parlane (Lab.) .. 19,154 Mrs L. E. Macfarlane (Lab.) • • 18.747 HE. Denton (Lab.) .. 17,901 •Mrs J. A. Bean (C.A.) 17,605 R. E. Hope-Pearson (Lab.) • • 17,383 •P. S. Foster (C.A.) .. 17,294 (Elected) •Mrs J. E. Mackay (C.A.) 16,858 T. Nuttall (Lab.) .. 16.494’ Mrs A. Mathison (Lab.) 16,395 Mrs L. McCaw (Lab.) 15.110 F. Thompson (C.A.) .. 13,981 H. Chapman (C.A.) .. 13,638 L. G. K. Steven (C.A.) 12,686 E. Edridge (C.A.) ~ 12,429 J. J. Hurley (C.A.) .. 12,358 An asterisk denotes a sitting member. Country Districts Waimairi-Rlccarton District *W. J. Walter .. .. 1331 •W. P. Spencer .. .. 1201 (Elected.) C. E. Cross .. • • £BB Agnes Waugh .. . • 697 One member to represent the Tawera, Selwyn, and Malvern Counties:— •David McMillan. One member to represent the Lyt-. telton, Sumner, and New Brighton msfriets* •W. T. Foster .. .. 2976 (Elected.) W. R. Martin .. 2569 One member to represent the Halswell, Paparua. and Heathcote constituent districts: — „„ •Charles Flavell .. 788 (Elected.) George Thomas Thurston 433 Informal .. • • 14 , One member to represent the Akaroa, Wairewa, Mount Herbert, and Chatham Islands counties and the Akaroa borough:— *R. A. Mould .. .. 346 (Elected.) F. G. Harris .. •• 186 The returning officer stated that the results from the Chatham Islands, which arc not yet to hand, cannot afieci the result. . .. _ T Two members to represent the Norm Canterbury district: — •L. B. Evans .. .. 1345 *H. A. Bennett .. 1245 (Elected.) Mrs M. A. Ellen .. 1219 A. Linklater .. 522 One member to represent the Waipara County:— *H. H. Holland. ASHBURTON HOSPITAL BOARD Two members to represent combined Ashburton Borough and Tinwald Town Districts: — •Dr. J. Russell Wells .. .. 1587 *W. Bryant .. •• 1250 * (Elected) Mrs Muriel Curtis . • 1041 Informal .. • • • • b Six members to represent the Ashburton County:— •F. Frampton .. §B6 *C. A. Campion • • •• §4° ♦R. Oakley •• •• §™ •W. G. Gallagher .. • • §52 •H. E. H. Jessep .. •• §§< *W. H. "Wilkinson .. .. 904 (Elected) S. Smith .. .. ... 684 WESTLAND HOSPITAL BOARD Three representatives for Hokitika borough:— •H. T. Parry .. •• 724 •E. L. Park .. .. 526 •G. Heinz .. ..500 (Elected.) J. Fox .. .. 459 J. L. Turner .. . • 455 D. T. R. Breeze .. .. 320 One member to represent the combined boroughs of Kumara and Ross:— G. E. Chapman. Six representatives for Westland County district: — A. Dale. T. W. Duff. A. R. Elcock. E. W. Heenan. W. A. Jamieson. James A. Murdoch. INANGAHUA HOSPITAL BOARD •Thomas R. Watson .. 247 •William Clayton .. 239 Patrick J. O’Regan .. 235•Joseph F. Seawright .. 226 •James B. Auld .. 214 •George B. Mclnroe .. 210 •William S. Clark .. 175 •Frederick W. Archer .. 173 (Elected.) John J. Coghlan .. 167 James McGregor .. 161 Ralph C. Gibbs 141 James Scott .. 123 GREY HOSPITAL BOARD Three members to represent the Grey County:— •H. G. Carter. •J. Mulcare. •A. Robinson. One member representing Borough of Runangau—•R. McTaggart. One member representing the Borough of Brunner: — *J, Smeaton. Five representatives of the Greymouth Borough:— J. B. Kent (Labour) .. 2382 A. Mosley (Citizens) .. 2177 •A. H. McKane (Labour) 2098 J. F. Laing (Citizens) .. 1921 O. C. Joyce (Citizens) .. 1878 (Elected.) ■ L. B. Hutchison (Lab.) 1335 W. A. Wallwork (Lab.) 1069 WAITAKI HOSPITAL BOARD Town Members. •N. H. Colquhoun .. 1171 •Elizabeth Forrester .. 1338 •William Forrester .. 1221 (Elected.) H. T. Blair .. ~ 346 A. Bloch .. .. B'6 T. Gill -- •• 518 H. C. Jeffery .. .. 1068 J. G. McDonald .. 613 Country Members •Janet M. Munro. •A. Mclnnes. W. Simpson. •J. Rodman. *D. J. Ross. ,

SOUTH CANTERBURY HOSPITAL BOARD One representative for Mackenzie County:— ♦E. Macdonald. Two members to represent the Waimate County:— A. W. Barnett. A. N. Hayes. Two representatives for Geraldine County:— •C. Ley. »B. R. Macdonald. « One representative for Temuka ana Geraldine Boroughs:— ♦lsabella Hewson. Three representatives for Timaru Borough;— •H. J. Clark .. • • 3530 *C. A. Paterson .. 2940 J. M. Stewart .. 2884 (Elected.) A. G. Foster ~ .. 2263 ♦W. H. Hall ... •• 2052 Mrs A. G. E. Robinson 1580 Two representatives for Levels County:— ♦C. E. Kerr. G. G. Rich. (Elected.) Waimate Committee County members. F. B. Brown. Alan Grant. G. T. Hennessy. P. McNeill. Borough Members G. J. Shackleton. R. H. White. BULLER HOSPITAL BOARD Three representatives for Westport Borough. 19n8 Mrs J. Bird .. •• W. P. Caldwell •• 1044 E. R. Fox .. .. (Elected) Mrs E. B. Ridsdale .. 563 R. Higman .. • • O<5U Five Buller County representatives:— Hon. W. H. Mclntyre .. 383 J. Dowgray .. •• ‘tw W. R. Simpson .. • • 268 J. Niven .. •• 260 J. Ward .. ..247 (Elected.) J. Griffiths .. -.228 R, Finlayson .. •• J. -H. Powell .. •• 209 R. J. Hawes .. •• R. McKenna .. Mrs O. Tyler .. •• H. Hawes .. •• W. H. Hateley .. • • »8 E. L. Roberts .. • •

HARBOUR BOARD LABOUR TAKES ALL CITY SEATS THREE SITTING MEMBERS DEFEATED Labour Party candidates won all four city seats on the Lyttelton Harbour Board. The Labour nominees established an early lead on the first count and steadily increased it. They were given a clear-cut victory over the Citizens’ Association candidates, tnree of whom were sitting members. Mr T. H. McCombs, member of Parliament for Lyttelton, and a newcomer to the board, topped the poll with a heavy majority. Mr E. J. Howard, M.P., who was second, was the only sitting member to retain his seat. Defeated Citizens’ Association candidates who had held seats are Messrs H. Holland, H. M. Chrystall, and C. Ogilvie. Details of the voting were as follows;-^ T. H. McCombs (Lab.) 21,749 *E. J. Howard (Lab.) . - 20,478 R. M. Macfarlane (Lab.) 18,981 G. T. Thurston (Lab.) .. 17,446 (Elected.) *H. Holland (C.A.) .. 15.806 •H. M. Chrystall (C.A.) 15,039 F. D. Sargent (C.A.) .. 14.141 ♦C. Ogilvie (C.) .. 12,943 Informal .. 703 One representative for Lyttelton, Sumner, New Brighton, and Akaroa boroughs, and Wairewa, Mount Herbert, and Akaroa counties; — •Frederick Ernest Sutton 4241 (Elected.) John Dominic Sargentina 1860 Two representatives for combined district of Counties of Paparua, Halswell, Heathcote, Tawera, Malvern, Ellesmere, Springs, and Selwyn: A. E. Langdale-Hunt. *R. T. McMillan. One member to represent the combined districts of Cheviot, Amuri, Waipara. Kowai, and Ashley Counties:— *J. K. McAlpine. One member to represent Riccarton Borough and Waimairi County:— •W. J. Walter. An asterisk denotes a sitting member. WAIMAKARIRI HARBOUR BOARD *H. O. Sills .. .. 564 •H, Rinaldi ... ..442 •J. A. Mealings .. .. 432 A. S. Palmer .. .. 389 •J. Hirst .. ..366 (Elected) C. T. Williams ..347 G. E. Wright .. ..331 ♦J. W. Barnard .. ..272 Informal .. .. 18 TIMARU HARBOUR BOARD Three representatives for Timaru borough:— •D. C. Turnbull .. 4585 *R. S. Goodman .. 4578 •A. S. Foster .. 3954 (Elected.) D. Mills .. 2342 One representative for Geraldine and Temuka boroughs: *K. Mackenzie (elected).

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One representative for Geraldine county: *F. R. Flatman. One representative for toaldme county (Temuka riding); *A. R. Guild. Two representatives for Mackenzie county: *A. F. Campbell, W. R. Davison (elected). TIT • Two representatives for Waimate borough and part of county: Messrs W. Lindsay and H. M. Whatman. . One representative for Waimate county: B. H. Howell 106 (elected). I* for the Level* county: *T. B. Garrick (Tengawai and Pleasant Point Ridings and Pleasant Point Town District). . ♦W H. Orbell (Seadown and Waunataitai Ridings). •W. T. Ritchie (Claremont and Oti» pua Ridings). t

GREYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD Two representatives of the borough of Greymouth;— •P. J. McLean (Independent) •• J. B. Kent (Labour) .. 1766 (Elected). C. G. McKechnie (Independent) .. 1481 T_ J. J. Barry (Labour) 920 One representative for combined boroughs of Hokitika, Kumara, and Ross: — G. A. Perry ~ 1281 - (Elected). E. Heenan .. .. 512 Majority for Perry 768 Two members to represent the Grey County:— *J. Mulcare. •J. Ryall. One member for Westland County district: James A. Murdoch. One member representing the combined boroughs of Runanga and Brunner:— J. Smeaton .. 452 (Elected.) W. Pendlebury .. 341

BOROUGHS

MAYORS and councils ELECTED The following were the results of the £*€lloo3 held yesterday in suburban id more distant boroughs:— SUMNER Mr J. E. Tait was re-elected Mayor cf Sumner. Three of the sitting members of the council stood for re-election and were re-elected. None of the other members elected, including Mr I. J. JWilson, who headed the poll, have previously contested the election’. The number of votes cast this year, 1553, showed a considerable increase over that in the last election, when 1272 yrere cast. Results:—

RICCARTON The Mayor of Riccarton (Mr H. S. S. Kyle, M.P.) was re-elected unopposed. No election was held for the Borough Council, only eight candidates having been nominated for eight seats. The following will hold office:— Mayoralty H. S. S. Kyle, M.P. Borough Council W. Bradshaw. •T. M. Ford. *F. George. W. T. House. *R. G. Malcolmson. •C. G. McKellar. V. H. Ormandy. •H. P. Smith. LYTTELTON Mr F. E. Sutton was elected Mayor of Lyttelton for the fifth time by a liberal majority. There were 1108 votes In his favour against 613 for his opponent, Mr W. Toy. The announcement of the figures for the mayoralty poll was received quietly by the big crowd which waited outside the Borough Council Chambers. Both candidates for the mayoralty were applauded when they appeared and addressed the crowd. Mr Sutton was also elected a member of the Harbour Board by an overwhelming majority. Votes in his favour were 4241 against 1860 for his opponent, Mr J. D. Sargentina. ! The number of valid votes cast this time for the Lyttelton mayoralty poll was about 50 less than for the last . mayoralty poll. It is not considered that the small number of ships at the port yesterday affected the general polling much, if at all. Mayoralty * !*r. E. Sutton .. - 1108 , (Elected). ’W. Toy - 813 Connell (.•R. B. Cairns f A. R. Mutton •W. T. Foster 8 R. Fenton G. Halliday W. T. Lindsay •G. S. Morris •J. N. Neville i *J. D. Sargentina. (Elected unopposed). KAIAPOI Mayoralty ( *Rev. W. H. A. Vickery ..426 \ (Elected.) B. G. Gray . • •• 31 | Informal .. •• 0

RANGIORA In the Borough Council election for councillors at Rangiora. 636 votes tore cast out of a roll of 1199. Delation votes numbered 20. "’The Mayor, Mr C. W. was fleeted unopposed.

AKAROA Mayoralty *F, R. E. Davis (unopposed). Connell *R. Bruce. *E. Longden. •A. Shuttleworth. *W. W. Williams. W. W. Reid. •W. Pool. •E G, McNabb. Archdeacon A. J. Petrie. ‘G, Whelch. ASHBURTON By a majority of 605 votes, Dr. G. I. Miller defeated the sitting Mayor of Ashburton (Mr W. H. Woods). The Labour candidates for the Mayoralty and council polled fewer votes than the other candidates, who did not stand for a party “ticket.” All the sitting councillors were returned and those elected to the vacancies Messrs A. H. Fenn, S. Osborne, H. W. H. Smallbone and A. A. McDonald. Results:—

TEMUKA Mayoralty •A W. Buzan. (Elected unopposed). Council •J. Burns D. C. Clark •C. D. Hayhurst •G. Judson •P. H. Lynch •W. H. McMillan J. M. A. Ritchie T. N. Scott L. Whitehead (Elected unopposed).

GERALDINE Mayoralty •T. It. Lack •• 237 (Elected). •B. R. Macdonald .. 189 Majority for Lack .. 48 Council •A, J. Bell *P. H. Davis •P. H. Russell •Z. O. Sherratt E. N. J. Hannah. H. W. W. Williamson. (Elected unopposed). ’ W AIM ATE Mayoralty *George Dash (unopposed). Council •J. Atwill. •P. G. Berry. C, W. Dickson. •S I. Pitch. •W G. Paul. *R. G. A. Sawell. *G. R. Watters •R. H. White R W, McDonald. (Elected unopposed.)

GREYMOUTH Mayoralty F. A. Kitchlngham .. 1420 (Elected). A, H. McKane .. .. 1029 P. Blanchfleld .. .. 812 Connell H. Herring (Citizens) .. 2429 •J. B. Kent (Labour) ~ 2329 •F. F. Boustridge (Independent) .. 2145 •G. R. Barker (Citizens) 2121 C. Neville (Citizens) .. 1956 •A. H. Paterson (Independent) .• 1956 J. Saunders (Citizens) 1928 R, J. Williams (Citizens) 1922 J. Anderson (Labour) 1626 (Elected). C. H. Rose (Citizens) .. 1625 L. B. Hutchison (Labour) 1519 T. J. J. Barry (Labour) 1342

RUNANGA Mayoralty •R. McTaggart (unopposed).

HOKITIKA

KUMARA Mayoralty •A. B. Spiers. Connell D. A.- McLean. W. Lawrence. H, Little. A. E. Loughnan. •C. Passmore. F. W. Wise. J. Pamment. S. Harris. •J. unopposed.)

COUNTIES COUNCILS ELECTED HEATHCOTE Only two ridings in the Heathcote County Council were contested, but in one of them the sitting member was defeated. He was Mr W. Kerr, member for the Avon riding, who was beaten by Mr J. T. Dickie by 50 votes. Mr Dickie opposed Mr Kerr in the last election, but Mr Kerr won on that occasion with a margin of two. The other contested riding was Hillsborough, in which the sitting member, Mr J. F. Scott, beat Mr E. R. Adcock by 94 votes. Voting was not as heavy as it was at the last election. The new council is:— Avon Riding James Taylor Dickie .. 117 (Elected) ‘William Kerr .. 1 ~ 67 Hillsborough Biding ‘John Flinders Scott .. 182 (Elected) Ernest Reynolds Adcock .. 88 Bromley Riding ‘John Henry Moore, Valley Aiding » ‘Charles Flavell. j Cashmere Riding ‘Frederick Willie Freeman. ‘John Frederick Cracroft Wilson. Mount Pleasant Riding ‘Arthur George Woods Williams.

WAIMAIRI Three changes have been made in the membership of the Waimairi County Council. In the Belfast riding, Mr J. Halligan beat the sitting member, Mr W. Price, by 34 votes; in the Middleton riding, Mr G. R. Cracroft Wilson beat the sitting member, Mr T. O. Newnham, by 69 votes, and in the Fendalton riding, for which there were two seats, Mr Henry Kitson displaced one of the sitting members, Mr G. G. Gardner, Mr Kitson easily topped the poll in the Fendalton riding, being 238 votes ahead of the other elected candidate, Mr F. S. Scott, and 343 ahead of Mr Gardner. A ballot was necessary in seven out of the nine ridings in the county. Voting was heavier than usual in the Fendalton riding but normal in the others. Ihe full council is:— . Avon Riding •Joseph Liggins .. .. 248 (Elected) Hiram Hunter .. .. 46 Belfast Riding James Halligan .. .. 97 (Elected) ‘William Price .. .. 63 Peter Thomas .. .. 22 Harcwood Riding ‘Cecil William Moore .. 216 (Elected) George Shipley .. ..62 Fapanui Riding •William George Chapman 178 (Elected) David Henry Law .. ..73 Wairarapa Riding ‘Charles Edward Cross .. ~ 95 (Elected) Cecil Charles Harrow .. 60 Middleton Riding » Godfrey Rossmoro Cracroft Wilson .. .. .. 155 (Elected) ‘Thomas Oliphant Newnham .. 86 Fendalton Riding Henry Kitson .. 838 •Frederick Samuel Scott .. 600 (Elected) ‘George Gleig Gardner 495 Marshland Riding •Wilfred John Walter. Styx Riding ‘William Pritchard Spencer.

WAIREWA Little River Riding J. O. Coop .. .. ..155 •W. H. Montgomery .. 117 *E. J, Keenan .. .. 114 (Elected) *J. B. Chapman .. 108 Klnloch Riding •T. Feather. •N. Wright. (Elected unopposed) Kaitnna Riding 'Frank Coop, *W. Parkinson. (Elected unopposed)

SELWYN Hororata Riding •W. Gilmour. *G. H. Grigg. 'T. E. Pearson. Lake Coleridge Riding T. F. Might. *K. W. J. Hall. •W. Stone. Rakaia Riding J. A. Allan. *E. A. Duncan. D. W. Westenra. EYRE Eyre Riding •Howell Edward Evans 821 •Richard Orme Dixon .. ». 293 •Albert James Rich .. .. 266 •Henry Athol Bennett .. M 202 (Elected) Thomas Ernest Rowlands .. 184 James White Barnard .. 11l Henry William Beal .. .. 103 George Henry Day Lintott 53 West EyMlan Riding •John Cowens. •John Erua Horrell.

BRUNNER Mayoralty •J. Smeaton. Council •W. Barber G. H, S. Eder •R. Fordhanx *W. N. Giithberlet •T. Hiinper *A. McLagan (Elected unopposed). ROSS Mayoralty K. O. May .. .. 152 (Elected). •John Murdoch .. .. 97 BLENHEIM Mayoralty C. P. Smith. (Elected.) C. A. Garside. N. R, McMurty. .

PAPARUA Sockburn Riding ♦John Henry Prosser *-101 (Elected) Winter Cole • • 72 Informal .. • • ** 5 Templeton Riding William Henry Boyle .. ..106 (Elected) ♦Patrick Francis Ryan .. 86 West Melton Riding Herbert Ellesmere Cross 145 ♦Albert Ernest Langdale-Hunt ». 124 (Elected) ♦Laurence Bernard Manion .. 64 Broadficld Biding John Thomas Gallagher .. 100 (Elected) Frederick William Carpenter .. 53 Informal .. • • • • 1 SPRINGS Greenpark Riding ♦J. Woods .. • • •• If? ♦C. H. Watson .. .. (Elected) H. A. Kinder 110 H. B. Moir .. • • .. 57 Springston Riding ♦P. V. Dailey. ♦A. E. Payne. ♦J. S. Simpson. ♦J. H. Williams. MALVERN Courtenay Riding ♦Donald Gillanders .. •• 262 ♦Charles Henry Adams .. • • 261 ♦Arthur Peter Chamberlain .. 240 ♦James Robert Cullen .. •• 237 ♦Patrick Morrison .. •• 172 (Elected) David Clinton .. •• H 5 Sheffield Riding Leicester Tiverton Wright. Howard Collins Townshend. Homebush Riding James Deans.

tawera Springfield Riding •H. C. Amyes, *A. Duncan. , *H. A. Millar. Kowai Bush Riding •R. M. D. Johnson. ♦R. Millikcn. Cass Biding *J. K. McAlpine.

ELLESMERE Invell Riding •J, Heslop. *R. T. McMillan. Leeston Riding ♦D. Marshall. W. O. Rennie. Southbridge Riding •J. P. McEvedy. •A. Anderson. MOUNT HERBERT Port Levy Riding ♦A. R. H. Gardiner. •Frank Jenkins. •E. W. Coop. •A. E. Williams. Port Victoria Riding •E. W. Gray. Robert Allan. *T. H. RadclifTe. *W. F. Greig.

CHEVIOT Seaward Riding •James D. E. Winskill. Hawkswood Riding John F. Macfarlane. Walau Riding •Norman R. Wilkinson. Huranui Riding •James Paton. Lowry Riding * . •Dougal McLaren. Parnassus Riding •William L. Foster. Kaiwara Riding " Malcolm C, Hyde .. „ 18 (Elected) •Frederick C. de Lambert .. 14 KAIKOURA Conway Riding •Leslie Porter Blunt .. ~72 Ernest Edward Weavers .. 47 (Elected) •Percival Samuel Humm 42 Clarence Riding •Allan Howard. Hundalee Riding •Edmund Henry Eccles. Peninsula Riding •Thomas Rutledge Alexander, •Francis James Monk. Suburban Riding Heber John Hewson. •Edward Circuit le Clerc Latter. •George Smith.

WAIPARA Hurunui Biding •Alexander Cowie. Waitohi Riding •James Quigley. Waikari Riding •Robert I. Black. Waipara Riding •Ellice A. Foster. Stonyhurst Riding •David S. Mackenzie. Teviotdale Riding Roger C. Clifford .. .. 80 (Elected) •James G. Whyte .. .. 62 KOWAI South Riding •Henry May .. .. ..191 James Wyllie .. ~ 176 •James Ashworth .. .. 170 (Elected) •Robert Peach .. ~ 164 Samuel T. Ashworth .. ~ 112 John Harold Vette .. ..99 Informal .. .. .. 5 Amberley Riding •Thomas Chamberlain .. ~46 (Elected) Donald McLean .. .. 40 North Riding James Burnham Bowker. Selwyn David Thomas Boyce. Maurice Irwin Mai thus.

AKAROA Akaroa-Wainnl Riding ♦A. R, Haylock •• •• 219 •S. J. Vogan .. •• - fl 3 ♦Joseph Hayward .. •• (Elected) C. D. Kay •• - 1 27 Pigeon Bay Biding ♦E. Hay. Okain’s Bay Biding C. B. Thacker, Le Ron’s Bay Biding O. A. Thelning. ** ASHBURTON Mount Somers Biding (two •*■*») A. N. Grigg • • ' ’ •J. Moore (Elected) H. H. Hood •• •• ..221Upper Ashburton Biding (two Bt&ts) James Lowery •• •• 22, Bland (EiMted) .. E. C. Bathurst •• •• levels Seadown Riding J. Scott • • •• ** 141 (Elected) C. E. Kerr • • • • ** * l6 Otipua Riding ♦R. W. R. Munro. Pleasant Point Riding ♦R. G. Cleland. Tengawai Riding ♦T. B. Garrick. Claremont Biding ♦J. E. P. Cameron. Waimataitai Riding ♦D. Grant.

WAITAKI Ahurirl Biding , A. H. McKinnon. / Awamoko Biding A W. Simpson. '& Inchholme Biding £ ♦D. Rodger. ‘ Otepopo Biding ♦J. Rodman, Fapakaio Riding ♦B. S. Brewster. Waiareka Riding ♦R, B. Meek, (All returned unopposed.) Kakanui Riding ♦S. M. Taylor ..250 (Elected.) W. M. Cooper ~ ..171 Moeraki Riding R. A. Walker .. .. »1 (Elected,) ♦D. J, Ross • • 82 Otekaike Riding ♦J. S, Adams ..157 (Elected.) A. H. Chapman, jun. .. 151

GERALDINE Geraldine Riding *K. Mackenzie. •F. R. Flatman. *C, Ley. (Elected unopposed.) Mount Peel Riding •H. J. D. Acland (elected). Temuka Riding •A. Bisdee .. .. 482 •T. Lyon .. •. 392 W. Buchan .. ..395 ;A. J. Davey .. • • 326 (Elected.) •Ross Brodie .. 323 •A. M. Bain .. .. 239 W AIM ATE Deep Creek Riding •William Lindsay .. .. 231 •N. A. Rattray .. ..211 (Elected) A. J. Mcßae •• ..176 Upper Pareora Riding •A. S. Elworthy. Lower Pareora Riding •J. J. Dickson. Otaio Riding *H. B. S. Johnstone. Makikihi Riding •J. Bitchener. Waibao Riding *H. M. Whatman. *P. Sinclair. Hakataramea Riding •A. N. Hayes. MACKENZIE Fairlie Riding William Scott .. .. 256 •C. J. Talbot .. ..222 (Elected) J. A. Gray .. .. 67 Albury Riding *W. R. Davison .. .. 232 •P. Kidd .. .. .. 148 Greeted) H. L. Adams .. .. 133 V. R. Hawes .. .. 62 Opuha Riding C. V. Kirke .. ..144 •A. B. Mackenzie .. .. 132 (Elected) F. J. Carter .. ..113 Tekapo Riding *G. Murray. •J. Allan. (Elected) GREY Cobden Riding •J. Ryall. Red Jacks Riding •H. O. Carter. Maori Creek Riding *G. Blair. Paroa Riding •W. J. Hannan. , Brunner Riding •J. Mulcare. Waipuna Riding •A. McDonnell. V■; Hohonn Riding •A. Robinson. Nelson Creek Riding W. Fisher .. .. -39 (Elected) T. Donnellan .. ..

BULLER Ngakawau Riding *D. Kerr .. .. »• 73 (Elected) John Dowgray .. •• 53 Karamea Riding *W. R. Simpson ' .. .. 72 (Elected) H. Hawes .. ..43 Wareatea Riding E. L. Roberts .. .. 41 (Elected) W. Woodcock .. .. 34 W. H. Hateley .. .. 18 Wareatea South Biding •D. J. Archer .. •. 61 (Elected) E. McPadden .. .. 20 Mokininnl Biding •J. Jordan .. .. 52 •J. J. Jordan .. •• 52 J. Niven .. .. 39 (A few declaration votes to come) Charleston Riding J. H. Powell Lyell Biding •V. Dellavedova. Waimangaroa Biding J. Ward. Millerton Riding •Hon. W. H. Mclntyre. WESTLAND Southern Riding •P. J. McLean .. •• 827 •James Donovan .. •• 288 G. Rowley .. •• 202 •William Searle, sen. .. .. 202 (Elected) E. A. Kirby .. •• 176 W. Searle, jun. .. ..146 Northern Riding •James A. Murdoch. •Bernard Ward. Central Riding •A, Dale. •W. A. Jamieson.

POWER BOARDS NORTH CANTERBURY Two members to represent the Rangiora county:— •Mrs M. A. Ellen .. 241 A. M. Carpenter .. 170 (Elected.) •H. Tallott .. •• 128 C. Rands .. • • H2 One member to represent the Ashley county:— *D. R. Hutchison. One member to represent the Eyre and Waimairi counties: — •L. B. Evans .. .. 158 (Elected.) J. Cowans .. • • 103 One member to represent Cust:— A. Baxter. Two members to represent Waipara;— •A. Cowie (unopposed). *H. Murray (unopposed). One member to represent the Kowai County:— Isaac Furby Croft .. 120 (Elected). •Robert Peach .. 87 Donald McLean .. 75 Informal .. 6 One member to represent the Cheviot County:— James Paton. One member to represent Ashley County:— •D. R. Hutchison. Two members to represent Waipara County:— •A. Cowie. *H. V. Murray. One member for Amuri County: J. J. Duncan. SPRINGS-ELLESMERE Two members to represent the Paparua County constituent district: — •Albert Ernest LangdaleHunt .. .. 328 Harry Denby Moran .. 298 (Elected) •Thomas Owen Morgan .. 278 John Wood McGlinchy .. 263 Informal .. .. 11 Two members to represent the Elles-mere-Leeston district:— •R. T. McMillan. •H. Neave. One member for Springs County and part Halswell County: •J. H. Williams.

MALVERN Three members to represent the Malvern constituent districts:— •George Begg. •John Deans. •George Henry Judd. One member representing Tawera district:— •H. C. Amyes, Two members representing Selwyn district:— •G. Hall. •H. Oliver. BANKS PENINSULA One member to represent Mount Herbert County and Diamond Harbour:— *R. O. Bradley. Two representatives for Wairewa County:— J. V. Chapman. J. O. Coop.

MARLBOROUGH •H. J. Stace. •C. Nees. A. H. Nees. *W. G. Rudd.

INANGAHUA Reefton Biding •Joseph F. Seawright .. 144 •Thomas R. Watson .. 143 James McGregor .. 108 (Elected.) •Frederick W. Archer .. 90 Boatman’s Riding •John O’Regan .. .. 54 Patrick J. O’Regan .. 38 (Elected.) John J. Coghlan .. 34 •William S. Clark .. 22 Marnia Springs Riding •William Blackadder. Antonio’s Biding •William Clayton. •George B. Mclnroe. James Scott

TOWN BOARDS LEESTON An equal number of votes was secured by R. J. McConnell and A. S. Lyons for the seventh place on the Leeston Town Board. There will be a recount to-day. Results were:—

RIVER TRUSTS WAIMAKARIRI Christchurch Sub-Division •George Gould. •Hugh B. Anderson. •Frederick W. Freeman. Christopher T. Aschman. Waimakariri East Sub-Division •William P. Spencer .. 1912 (Elected.) Thomas O. Newnham .. 571 Informal .. .. 62 Waimakariri West Sub-Division •William F. McArthur .. 878 (Elected.) John W. McGlinchy .. 545 Informal .. .. 28 One small result still to come. Eyre Sub-Division •Richard O. Dixon. Cast Sub-Division •Howell E. Evans .. 566 (Elected.) Robert F. Joyce .. 178 Informal .. .. 5 Government Nominee •Henry Holland. Ashley (Rangiora County) A. M. Carpenter .. 324 G. Bruere •• 319 •H. J. A, Benjes .. 269 (Elected.) •C. Tull .. ..200 Kowai-Asfaley J. Johnson (Unopposed). J. H. Vette (Unopposed). Rangiora Borough •C. S. Ayers (Unopposed). •F. E. Martyn (Unopposed). ROAD BOARDS

•C. S. Stewart •T. A. McKellar. •A. Goodwin. •H. W. Menzies. *H. Pettigrew. Le Sons Bay *H. F. Elliott. *W. McKay. •George Mould. •H. Odell. •J. G. Truman. South Bakaia •H. A. Harrison .. 295 •W. W. Carruthefs .. 270 •James Lambie . • • • 269 •A. Doig .. •• 265 •J. C. Irwin .. . • 231 (Elected) S. Bryant .. • • J 36 H. J. W. Knights .. 105 Informal .. . • 1 Mount Hutt P. A. Goodwin. D. Hampton. A, F. Marr. J. G. A. Ruddenklau. R. J. S. Wilson. (Elected.)

IN OTHER TOWNS RE-ELECTION OF MR T. C. A. ffISLOP REV. E. T. COX DEFEATED AT DUNEDIN BIG MAJORITY FOB ERNEST DAYIS Press Association telegrams report the results of the local elections in other towns as follows: Auckland The election for the Auckland mayoralty resulted: — Sir Ernest Davis, sitting Mayor (Citizens’ candidate) • • J. Sayegh (Labour) -• 15 -*“ J. W. Payne 579 The earliest returns for the Auckland City Council show that Citizens? committee candidates occupy the first 14 places, with the Labour candidate. Mr Sayegh, who contested the mayor - alty. in fifteenth position. However, there are 40 more returns to come. Wellington The Mayor of Wellington, Mr T. *1 A. Hislop (Citizens) secured a majority of 6088 votes over his Labour opponent, Mr C. H. Chapman, M.P. At the last election Mr Hislop defeated the Labour nominee, the Hon. R. Semple, by 2496 votes. Details:— T. C. A. Hislop (Citizens) .. 24225 C. H. Chapman (Labour) .. 18,138 Informal Majority for Hislop 8.088 Labour lost one seat on the Wellington City Council, the representation now being Citizens 9, Labour 6. A feature of the polling was the return of Mrs Margaret Semple. Dunedin The Dunedin mayoral election resulted in the defeat of the Rev. E. T. Cox, who was seeking election for the third time The voting was as follows: A. H. Allen (Independent) .. 17J89 E. T. Cox (Labour) 13,736 Majority for Allen 4.183 Labour lost control of the City Council, the Citizens’ Association obtaining nine seats and Labour three. On the Hospital Board, the Citizens’ Association hold five seats against Labour’s two, and of the city seats on the Harbour Board the Citizens? Association holds three, and Labour two.

New Plymouth The election for the New Plymouth mayoralty resulted:— E. R. C. Gilmour (sitting Mayor) 3.608 P. E. Stainton .. • - 1.444 Palmerston North The election lor the mayoralty resulted: — Mansford (sitting Mayor) .. 5.712 Christensen •• Masterton The election for the Masterton mayoralty resulted: — T. Jordan (re-elected) .. 1-489 L. J. Taylor .. 910 A. Rippon .. •• •• 192 Wanganui The voting for the Wanganui Mayoralty resulted: — W. J. Rogers (Labour) .. 6851 G. H. Trott (Citizens) .. 304 a Invercargill The Mayoral contest resulted: — John Miller (sitting Mayor) .. 6184 Gordon J. Reed .. - ■ 1544 Hastings Voting for the Mayoralty resulted: — G. A. Maddison Jgl? j. A. Miller 2293 Napier The Mayoralty contest resulted: — T. W. Hercock 2763 C. O. Morse (sitting Mayor) . - 2520 Gisborne The contest for the Mayoralty resulted:— D. W. Coleman (sitting Mayor) 3582 N. H. Bull -• 2170

Polling Place MacfarCentral— Guthrie lane. Municipal Offices 1,122 524 Orange Hall 243 122 “Sun” Office 1,048 295 Foresters’ Hall 363 . 500 Old Art Gallery 477 159 Knox Schoolroom 669 315 Marquee, Bealey ave. Marquee, Otley’s Tim643 374 ber Yard 106 204 Canty. Rowing Club .. 140 127 East Belt Church 170 209 St. John’s Church .. 363 193 St. Michael’s Church * 259 207 St. Andrew’s Church 289 234 Church of Christ 81 284 Oddfellows’ Hall 105 159 Hibernian Hall 205 346 Motor-shed. Glade ave. 76 , 88 Church Schoolroom, Stanmore road 254 337 Linwood and Woolston— Linwood Public Liby. 435 549 Rolleston street 164 170 River and Retreat rds. 116 109 Woodham road 92 80 St. George’s Church 161 206 Marquee, Gloucester st. 166 162 St. Chad’s Churph 84 151 Buckley’s road 280 458 Tuam street 101 351 Fitzgerald avenue .. 118 391 Leyden street 128 258 Charles & Grafton sts. 109 444 Aldwins road 135 278 Harrow street - .. 46 74 Woolston Park 103 327 Hopkins street • „ 46 134 Qddfellows’ Hall .4 . 86 183 Princes street „ 56 165 Radley street , I 89 819

St. Albans and Papanui— Holly road 100 32 Merivale lane 349 50 Rugby street 673 199 Heaton street 146 14 St. Andrew’s tee. .. 183 49 Blighs road 92 86 Memorial Hall, Papanui 250 218 Papanui rd. opp. Paparoa street 208 139 St. Andrew’s College 476 105 Brown’s road 199 86 St. Albans' street 152 113 Cranford street 263 183 Westminster street .. 107 69 Malvern street — 66 29 Warrington street ‘ 285 162 Warden street 93 75 Hills road 128 112 Randall street 224 132 Madras street North 180 122 Barbadoes & Dean sts. 265 280 Bealey street 96 52 Canon street 149 133 St. Matthew’s Church 298 283 Sydenham and Spreydon— Baptist Church, Lincoin road 83 m Barrington and Taramea streets 98 153 Addington Library ., 138 310 Selwvn & Harman sts. 104 303 Jerrold street 69 148 South Crescent rd. 163 269 Strickland street _ 179 337 Antigua street M 87 169 Spreydon Library „ ’ 136 207 Lyttelton street 24 56 Selwyn street 32 115 381 Barrington street 21 43 137 Barrington st. 72 83 Cashmere View st. .. 63 42 88 Somerfield street 68 121 Baptist Hall, Colombo street 272 319 108 Tennyson street .. 78 120 St. David’s Church .. 123 230 Sydenham Library .. 157 399 Cadogan street „ 89 313 Brougham street „ 45 126 Stanley street „■ 28 73 Battersea street ,, 67 269 Lawson street 127 466 t Carlyle street 49 147 Coleridge street 9 64 Palsgrave street 47 172 Waltham Gospel Hall 93 273 Waltham Library 131 311 Wilson’s road 65 130 St. Mark’s Church .. 197 185 St. Martins Library .. 165 174 Martin avenue _ 104 218 Lyttelton— Y.W.C.A. — 35 110 Total 17,418 18,698 Chromium plating has become extremely popular in every modern home. It can be applied to almost a limitless number of fittings—door handles, railings, bathroom taps, light fittings, etc., giving a bright and lasting finish. If it’s metal. Armstrong and Farr can plate it. Highest quality work guaranteed. Armstrong and Farr, “The Plating People,” 148 Victoria st. First in 1880—Foremost Ever Sincec —4

•J. S. Barnett (Lab.) .. 19,958 •G. Manning (Lab.) 19,379 *E. Parlane (Lab.) 19,142 Miss M. B. Howard (Lab.) 18.2P4 •H. T. D. Acland (C.A.) 17,945 H. E. Denton (Lab.) .. 17,477 J. D. Carey (Lab.) 16,822 T. Nuttall (Lab.) 16,768 •E. H. Andrews (C.A.) 16,513 J. E. Jones (Lab.) 16,434 *A. C. Sandston (C.A.) 16,318 E. A. Sharp (Lab.) ■ .. 16,132 E. Lyons (C.A.) .. 16.089 *T. Milliken (C.A.) 15,787 J. W. Beanland (C.A.) 15,685 F. G. Thomas (Lab.) .. 15,462 (Elected.) H. E. Fenton (Lab.) 15,374 R. Jones (Lab.) 15,367 •F. D. Sargent (C.A.) .. 15,164 F. M. Robson (Lab.) .. 15,117 *W. S. MacGibbon (C.A.) 15,044 *W Hayward (C.A.) 14,939 F. S. Wilding (C.A.) 14,874 A. H. Scales (Lab.) .. 14.823 F. Kelso (Lab.) 14,713 W P. Hickey (Lab.) .. 14,556 H. F. Herbert (C.A.) .. 14,514 •T. Andrews (C.A.) 14,474 G. D. Simpson (C.A.) .. 13,924 H. C. Hurst (C.A.) .. 13,861 W S. Grigg (C.A.) .. 13,091 F. Laws (C.A.) 12,047 B. Ahlfeld (Ind.) 3,073 Informal 799 The official count will begin to-day.

0 AMARU Town Members G. T. Gillies 1578 *R. K. Ireland 2388 •C. J. Marshall .. 1694 G. W. Todd 1534 ' (Elected) D. S. Bain 1478 •J. A. Macpherson 1107 Country Members *W. E. Aubrey 608 A. H. Chapman, jun. 587 *E. S. Brewster _ 732 *A. Mclnries 564 (Elected) • J. S. Adams 410 Waimate Representatives •A. N. Hayes. *A. W. Barnett (Returned unopposed) Government Nominees A. C. McLelland. P. Malthus. HOKITIKA HARBOUR BOARD Two members for Westland county district: — E. W. Heenan. M. Houston. Three representatives for Hokitika Borough:— H. T. Parry 654 P. E. L. Renton 627 •J. J. McIntosh, sen. 587 (Elected) W. H. A. Stopforth 474 D. F. E. Freitas 315 H. C. Harvey .. 302 Informal 58 _____

Mayoralty \ *J. E. Tait 918 (Elected.) F. W. J. Murdoch 614 Informal 17 Council I. J. Wilson 1018 Dr. P. C. Fenwick 907 •F. T. Eldridge .. 904 •E. T. Chitty # B 803 •C. E. Claydon .. 799 W. J. Duff 752 J. L. Gant 705 Mrs E. A. M. Roberts 687 (Elected.) C. R. Harris 682 H. G. Hunt 676 C. G. Burgess 634 J. B. Trudgeon .. 616 Rev. W. R. Martin 603 L. R, Cant 392 W. R. Nunnick .. 158 Informal •• 116 NEW BRIGHTON The poll at New Brighton was a reherd ope for the borough. Mr E. L. Smith was re-elected Mayor and six councillors were re-elected. One indeeendent and two Labour members were elected. Results were:— Mayoralty •E. L. Smith 1639 Elected) E. A. M. Leaver 704 Majority ~935 Connell •J. N. Clarke 1624 •Dr. W. T. Glasgow „ 1557 •T. E. Thomson ,. • r _ 1524 •A. W. Owles 1552 •J. S. Ainsworth 1517 i»C. V. Lester .. # 1437 W. E, Wilkins (Labour) 1213 W, E. S. Furby (IndJ 1198 H. R. Macdonald (Lab.) 1049 (Elected.) A. B. Grant (Labour) 997 Mrs E. J. Williams (Lab.) 832 J, Kelly (Labour) T 769 J. O’Connell (Labour) 700 J. T. Harpur (Labour) 688 L. M. Moor 676

Council H. O. Hills 511 J, P. Farrell •• 397 •A. Gordon » 369 R. C. Stewart 363 *H. Rinaldi .« 353 •A. E. Brown .. 341 A. S. Palmer 331 W. Hart • • 317 •A. Linklater • • 314 L (Elected.) K, McIntosh • • 310 • J. Hirst 297 C. T. Williams .. • • 278 G. E. Wright .• • • 261 L. C. Horwood .. 259 B. Leaver .• • • 237 A. H. Wilson •• : 223 ' J. W. Barnard .« ' 190 Informal •• 86 L

Connell ’Polling in the council election was Ifloilows:— _ no McAlpine •• f®| • •C.;s. Ayers .. ... ®°® .. •• s’WVC. Prosser .* •• 12f ■y *r : T. Ager .. «• 1§5 i jy* T. N. Keir .. 458 Taylor -.423 tV&N*' Lewi* ... •• 3 ®5 Nicholson • .. - 360 (Elected.) W.Fahey .. .. ' ;;H. J. A. Benjes — 23® r, Meyer .. *• 223 0 AMARU Mayoralty K. Hamilton jj’ K. H. Colquhovm ft* 177a 1005 ‘

Mayoralty Dr. G. I, Miller 1165 (Elected.) *W. H. Woods .. 560 J. T. Pratley (Labour) 259 Informal , , 30 • Council •R. Kerr 1540 * J. Connor 1529 * J. Shaw # ( 1496 A. H. Fenn 1409 *H, W. Sherratt 1368 * J. Thompson .. 1340 S. Osborne 1330 H. W. H. Smallbone 1295 *E. Buchanan 1280 A. A. McDonald 1189 •S, Mitchell 1143 (Elected.) J. Walls 962 J. A. Smith (Labour) , ( 836 C. A. Walker (Labour) 833 C. J. Rudd (Labour) 536 Informal •• 74 TIMARU Mayoralty W. G. Tweedy 3241 (Elected.) G. H. Andrews * , 2517 Majority for Tweedy ~724 Council •P. B. Foote .. 3821 *A. G. Foster .. 3374 •J. R. Hart ( t 3253 •A. S. Kinsman 3157 •M. H. Richards 3136 •W. H. Hall .. 3047 •H. J. Mathers .. * 1 2809 *F. B. Hawkey .. A t 2804 J. S. Satterthwaite aa 2241 (Elected.) A. M. Paterson 2039 A. H. Wyatt .. #• 2029 C. W. Keinan .. m T 1990 S. A. Odell 1978 P. W, Young .. « 1051 F. J. Kitts 1788 W. J. Smith 1694 R. S. Wheeler 1602 Mrs A. G. E. Robinson 1347

Connell *F. J. Oakley .. 433 •E. W. Kennedy ft* 402 •J. E. McTigue ft* 398 G. E. English • • •W. Pendlehury ft* •J. Y. Rutherford ft* 371 (Elected.) W. Amor 240 Mrs R. Wright •• 225

Mayoralty •O. A. Perry • • 0X0 (Elected). E. W. Heenan .. • • aui Informal 9 Council •H. L. Michel .. 901 •A. R. Elcock .. 900 *H. T. Parry 888 C. Caliari 839 W. H, A x Stopforth •G. Heinz 836 776 J. Fox • • 667 D. F. E. Freitas • • 660 J. L. Turner .. • • 617 (Elected). •T. W. Duff • • D80 D. T. R. Breeze •• 552

WESTPORT Mayoralty ♦J. Kilkenny. Council • J. Bird 1063 •O. L. Nahr 1025 •P. H. Thomas .. 1018 •M. O’Dea 944 •J. Radford .. 928 •G. Taylor .. 889 W. P. Caldwell .. 819 •E. R. Fox 810 •J. Stowell 752 (Elected). J. M. Fairburn .. 644 A. P. Ridsdale .. 591 W. P. Jackson .. 512 P. Parfltt 470 H. Hennessy 399 H. Stephen .. 398 E. Potter .. . 388

RANGIORA Rangiora Riding 1 *G. H. King .. ! •• 461 A. M. Carpenter ,, 446 A. W. Stalker 460 *F. S. Young .. 445 (Elected) J. R. Keeper .. # I 422 G. J. McGloin .. .. 275 Gust Riding *C. Rands. •H. Tallott. OXFORD North Riding Harley Feary 288 ‘Lancelot Watson 241 William H. Gillespie 223 ‘Percy Fisher 172 (Elected) Merril H. Johnston 120 •Thomas A. Doody 129 Charles E. Morris T . 80 Informal .. 2 South Riding ‘Frederick J. Gorton 99 •Charles F. Bassett *v 96 Edward Lassen 58 (Elected) Francis Wothcrspoon t 54 John H. Doak m ( 53 Henry G. Cross 39 Informal •• 3

ASHBURTON Eight members to represent Ashburton County Council: — the ♦Hunter Morris 1047 ♦J. Lambie 1028 ♦J. W. M. Dart 1022 ♦H. J. Crothers 987 ♦H, C. Barton 970 ♦R. J. Mulligan 967 ♦W. G. Gallagher 956 ♦James Carr 864 (Elected) 506 S, Smith •*

J. T. B. Purser 214 •w Johnston 211 G. H. Ryde 197 H. Jones 185 H. D. Jones 180 ♦B. Brown (Elected) 157 *R. J. McConnell 135 A. S. Lyons 135 (Tie, subject to recount) J. Bryce 128 T. Pashby 120 S. R. Cattell Southbridge 106 E. W. Hunt 119 •A. J. Beamsley 110 •R. B. Willis .. 108 •w G. Hill 105 H. G. Hubbard 92 *W J. Galvin .. 74 •M. H. Boyd . (Elected.) 71 T. H. Bennett .. 69 E. J. Simpson .. .. 52 E. D, Wright .. 42

' Okain’s Bay H. T. J. Thacker, jun. .. 99 *R. Craw 96 •V. Craw 91 •W. Robinson . • 66 F. G. Harris 65 (Elected.) P. E. Moore 58 E. Harris .. > 31 Edwin Haines .. .. 29 W. Mould 28 Pigeon Bay