CHRISTCHURCH MAYORALTY

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25346, 20 November 1947, Page 8

CHRISTCHURCH MAYORALTY

MR ANDREWS AGAIN SUCCESSFUL By scoring a majority over the combined votes of his two opponents, Mr E. H. Andrews entered his third term as Mayor of Christchurch. On the preliminary count, he had a lead of 5589 over Mr D. Barnes (Labour), Mr M. E. Lyons, the retiring'' deputymayor, who stood as an Independent, polling only 4790 votes in a total poll of more than 41,000. In a bigger poll than in 1944, Mr Andrews scored about 1800 fewer votes and the Labour candidate about 1600 fewer votes. From an early stage in the counting of the votes it became apparent that Mr Andrews would be returned, as he was polling well in sections of the city considered to be Labour strongholds and had commanding majorities in all other districts. At the North Linwood public school, only one vote separated Mr Andrews and Mr Barnes. Mr Lyons failed to gain a majority over his opponents at any booth. Although the first return, from Monck’s Bay. was received by the returning- officer (Mr H. S. Feast) at 7.10 p.m., some small booths were slow in telephoning their results, and it was 10.45 p.m. before Mr Feast could announce the preliminary result.

Details of the voting were:;— £ g I 0) <; co 5 c Monck s Bay 54 24 15 — 104 Antigua st. 91 123 17 .1 Mt. Pleasant Boatsheds 89 16 32 1 Baptist Schoolroom, Lincoln road 104 75 14 —* Somerfield Public School 196 132 38 — Linwcod Bowling Club 92 46 14 — St. Andrew’s Hill road .. • .. 68 8 24 — Oddfellows’ Hall, Rolleston st. 113 96 30 Brown’s road 171 35 20 __ Church of Christ, Moorhouse ave. .. 108 140 25 2 Addington Public School .. .. 81 83 17 3 Fanciers’ Hall, Selwyn st. 123 199 33 2 Presbyterian Schoolroom, Berwick st. 169 104 20* — Tramway Board Depot. palsgrave st. 60 107 11 3 4 College ave. 183 26 54 5 Sydenham Public School 206 351 60 — Waltham Public Library 76 94 18 1 Methodist Schoolroom, South Crescent rd. 242 269 62 4 St. Albans School 183 47 31 1 St. Matthew’s Schoolroom, Malvern st. 154 39 29 1 Elmwood Bowling Club 115 11 15 1 Neville st. 72 90 21 — Oddfellows' Hall, St. Asaph st. 78 85 19 — North Brighton School 102 148 21 3 Wainoni rd. 68 43 17 — St. John's Schoolroom. Madras st. 257 146 47 5 Battersea st. 93 185 30 Waltham Public School 141 236 42 — Memorial Hall. North Beach 115 96 29 *— Cashmere View st 131 64 29 1 Morris st. 104 49 15 •_ St. Martins’ Public Library 254 195 77 3 Parish Hall, Opawa road 291 190 62 108 Tennyson st. .. 86 69 28 Methodist Schoolroom, Madras st North 140 102 35 —— Winton st. hall 107 45 27 St. Stephen’s, Warder. st. .. 168 65 36 9 Woodchester ave. 76 35 11 __ Nayland st. 206 56 40 — Methodist Schoolroom. Stanmore road 230 132 32 2 Kindergarten, Redcliffs 217 97 54 — St. David’s Schoolroom, Colombo st. 195 253 69 — Paparoa st. 153 36 85 — Methodist hall, Caversham st. 110 76 14 Presbyterian classroom, Taramea st. 152 172 40 4 Dudley st. 118 62 22 1 Richmond tee. 93 98 25 4 Baptist Church, Colombo st. 393 305 116 5 St. Paul’s, Papanui 349 225 89 < — Westminster st. . 91 69 31 2 Martin avenue 408 3G1 97 8 Wentworth 382 102 95 Lyttelton 18 109 15 —— Linwood ave. Public School 185 250 56 6 Leyden street 136 233 36 Jeffrey’s road 128 37 36 1 Linwood Methodist Schoolroom 207 207 43 — Methodist Schoolroom, Ferry road 79 134 28 Barbadoes and Dean streets 311 132 47 — St.' Nicholas Hall, Barrington street 178 145 39 St. Andrew’s College 483 82 119 — Radley street 117 219 34 2 Cathedra] square .. 284 204 77 — Weston road and Rutland street .. 150 46 37 1 Beadel’s garage. Merivale lane 140 13 22 —— 178 Bealey avenue 180 74 25 St. Luke’s Schoolroom 230 12d 52 19 Foresters’ Hall 307 229 74 6 St. George’s Schoolroom 219 172 65 5 Linwood Avenue. Linwood 483 360 95 8 Elmwood Public School 187 20 35 — Grafton street 165 315 35 10 Warrington street 313 138 80 St Michael’s Church 204 130 56 — 112 St. ’Albans st. 129 48 18 4 Retreat road 110 85 26 — Salvation Army Hall, Fitzgerald ave. .. 154 312 26 — Rugby street 593 120 71 4 Lawson street 169 311 45 4 Mowbray st. and Waltham rd. 114 194 23 — Richmond Public School 97 100 20 5 Woolston Public School 150 336 53 — 52 Woodham road 155 60 27 — Waimairi Public School 148 93 32 2 Durham Street Methodist Hall .. 292 76 68 — Knox Schoolroom 749 199 113 — Ch’ch. South Intermediate School .. 161 243 35 4 St Chad's Buckley’s road 148 152 34 — St. Andrew’s Schoolroom 277 174 62 — Oxford Terrace 124 149 31 4 Wesley Schoolroom, East belt 233 142 . 53 — Aidwins road 168 222 52 7 North Linwood Public School .. 229 228 65 Harrow street 96 94 26 — Garland's and Opawa roads 83 95 20 2 Town Hall, Sumner 320 210 67 5 Randall st. 245 94 51 2 Orange Hall 188 65 28 2 Methodist Schoolroom, Nth parade 109 83 16 2 Sander’s Garage. Merivale lane 167 18 22 5 West Spreydon Public School 108 144 23 — Canty. Rowing Club 110 60 23 4 Sydenham Public Library 141 244 32 7 17 Sherborne st. .. 51 35 9 Centaurus rd. and Albert tee. 111 77 22 Municipal Offices 575 219 131 4 Addington Public Library 191 243 53 «— Oddfellows’ Hall. Wilson’s rd. 90 106 34 — St Matthew’s Schoolroom 517 334 115 6 Pitcairn ’ st. and Bligh’s rd. 44 47 8 *_ Bletsoe avenue 96 110 30 4 Hopkins street 94 91 29 — Methodist Hall. Martin avenue .. 127 120 64 __ South Brighton Church Hall .. 86 109 25 ** South Brighton School 50 54 9 — 310 Bealey ave. .. 133 57 22 1 Princess street 62 147 17 __ 143 St Albans st. 109 49 20 1 111 ■ ■i i 20,955 15,376 4,790 174