BIG MAJORITIES IN ELECTION

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26516, 3 September 1951, Page 9

BIG MAJORITIES IN ELECTION

MRS RATANA HEADS LIST 12 OF NATIONAL PARTY WITH MORE THAN 4000 Mrs I. M. Ratana (Labour, Western Maori) had the biggest majority, 6772, in the preliminary count on Saturday, and Mr W. S. Goosman (National, Piako), who headed the list in 1949, was second with 5917. Miss M. B. Howard (Labour, Sydenham), who had the biggest majority in 1946 and

dropped to fourth on the list at the last election, was twelfth on Saturday, with 4130. Twelve National Party candidates had majorities of more than 4000. compared with 11 in 1949, and the Labour Party had three, two fewer than in 1949. The large majorities on the preliminary counts at the last two elections

Miss M. B. Howard (Sydenham) ..4130 5514 J. Mathison (Avon) .. 4061 4441 In Tauranga in 1949 Mr F. W. Doidrre (National), who was not a candidate at this election, had s majority of 4206.

Canberra Bomber’s Atlantic Record. —Britain's first jet bomber, the Canberra, set a new east-west record for an Atlantic flight to-day. The plane flew the 2072 miles between Ireland and Newfoundland in 4hr 18min 29 2-ssec.—London, August 31.

are:— 1951 1940 National w. S. Goosman (Piako) 5917 5993 G. F. Sim (Waikato) 5824 5879 W. J. Eroadfoot (Waitomo) 4953 4904 G. J. A. Walsh (Tauranga) .. N. Mass’y (Franklin) .. 4860 4734 5148 T. L Macdonald (Wallace) 4631 4310 S. W. Smith (Hobson) 4589 4787 E. B. Corbett (Esmont) 4538 4477 R M. Aisle (Rerhuera) 4487 4544 T. C. Webb (Rodney) 4452 4288 K. J. Holyoake (Pahiatua) .. 4321 4308 A. S. Sutherland (Hauraki) 4049 3090 Labour Mrs I. M. Ratana (W, Maori) 6772 5871