MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 184, 2 May 1929, Page 12

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

CITY & SUBURBAN RESULTS MR G A TROUP AGAIN MAYOR WITH INCREASED i ’ ' ‘ MAJORITY LABOUR debacle at petone

I Fine weather favoured the recording i of a fair poll in connection with the civic elections yesterday. The apathy which ‘ so often characterises a municipal electoral campaign usually extends to the business of the ballot, and that apathy . is as a rule emphasised when the weather offers an excuse to electors for not exercising the privileges of their citizenship. Particularly does this apply to women, who do not care to turn out in inclem- ' ent weather. With the sun shining from a blue sky, however, there were no such disabilities yesterday, with the result . that both city and suburban polling places were centres of activity during the day, and the poll clerks were kept very busy ' at the lunch hour, and between o p.m. , and 7 p.m. recording votes of electors. The Wellington City Council usually offers a full programme for its burgesses on election day, and it did not fail to do so yesterday. There were nine issues in all for ratepayers, and five for municipal electors who were not payers of rates. ! The issues for ratepayers, who number 29.103. were as follow: — (1) The Mayoralty. (2) City Council (15). (3) Hospital Board (14). (4) Harbour Board (4). (5) Tramway Track Construction Loan. (6) New Kelburn Viaduct Loan. (7) Eastern Suburbs Library Loan. (8) Tramway Car and Carshed .Construction Loan. (9) Sunday Charge to Zoo Plebescite. Municipal electors other than ratepayers, who number 40,328, were asked to vote on all issues sat the loan proposals. • Nnturallv with such an array of papers to deal with, the voting was a rather slow business. Even to one with a lively

acquaintance with the affairs of the city, and a knowledge of the identity of those standing tor office, the task occupied from ten to twelve minutes from the tunc he called his name to the poll clerk until he thrust his papers into the ballot-box; but to others without such knowledge the operation occupied up to twenty, and in extreme cases, twenty-five minutes. There were instances where people became so fogged that they had to seek the assistance of the deputy-returning officer to help them elucidate the situation. One man who was not clear happened to visit a polling place which was in charge of a woman—a competent officer of the City Council—but such was his peculiar psychology that he resented a woman being employed in that capacity, spurned her proffered assistance, thrust his papers (all unmarked) into.the ba I-lot-bax, and went off fuming to the Town Hall to further protest. There he wished to be furnished with a fresh set of papers. but was informed that, having been handed the one set, he could be given no others. Loan Issues. Ratepayers only were permitted to vote for or against the four loan proposals, which were as follow: — (a) Tramway track construction, Bowen Street to Tinakori Road: Tramway track duplica tion, Sydney Street to Karori Tunnel £49,400 (b) The construction of a new viaduct across Glenmore Road at Kelburn £24,200 (c) Erection of library buildings for eastern districts £0,50U (d) Tramway car construction, garages, and carshed ac cominodation xooffivu

CITY MAYORALTY MR. G. A. TROUP RE-ELECTED GREATLY INCREASED MAJORITY The voting for the City Mayoralty was

Neither informal votes nor votes by declaration are included in the above totals. The final returns for the Mayoralty election did not corn: to hand until 11.25 p.m.

The voting at the last election was: Troup, G. A. 12,446 Chapman, C. H. (Labour) 10,318 Majority for Troup 2,128 THE MAYOR RETURNS THANKS Following the announcement of the result of the Mayoral election, Mr. Troup, speaking at the Town Hall, said: —“The result of this election for the Mayoralty of Wellington city shows that I have been elected by a splendid majority. For this I desire to extend my hearty and sincere thanks to the electors of this city for returning me to the most honourable position which it is in their power to bestow. I appreciate very highly this renewal of your confidence, and sincerely trust that my next term of office wfll.be productive of the same progress and give to you the same satisfaction as the past two years have seemingly done. While I appreciate the honour, I am not forgetful of the responsibility, which is very great. To all who have worked for me and helped to secure such an excellent result I also extend my hearty thanks. Likewise to the Mayoress, to whom I know full well that this victory is largely due. We share this victory together. It has been a strenuous fight, and to my opponent I extend my hearty goodwill.” In conclusion the Mayor called for three cheers for Mr. Nash, which were cordially given. Mr. Nash Congratulates the Mayor. Following the Mayor, Mr. W. Nash, the Labour candidate, congratulated Mr. Troup on his splendid personal victory, and thanked the nine thousand electors who had voted for him, saying it was better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all. He desired to express his thanks also to his fellow candidates of the Labour Party, and, in particular, those who had worked so strenuously in the organising of the campaign. The fight had been a hard, one between the conflicting ideals and policies of the two opposing parties. He could assure his listeners that, insofar as he felt that the policy for which he had fought was in accord with right, he would continue to fight for it, assured as he was that, when ultimates were taken into account, right was the prevailing power. He believed that the principles of the Labour Party were in accordance with right and progressive policy. In conclusion, Mr. Nash called for three cheers for the Mayor and the Mayoress. MR. NASH SPEAKS Following the Mayor’s speech, Mr. W. Nash, the defeated candidate, thanked all those who had voted for him, and who had fought the good fight for Labour. They stood for certain ideals, which were perhaps not understood by all, but they fought for what they believed to be right, just as those on the other side had fought for what they believed to be right. Some day perhaps those who opposed them now would think differently, and then perhaps it would be him who would poll the 14,000 votes. In the meantime he thanked the 9000 Wellington citizens who had voted for him, and all who had helped hin in the stout fight for Labour. (Applause.) LIVELY SCENE AT TOWN HALL There was a considerable crowd of interested people awaiting the results of the elections in the Town Hall last night. In order that these people should be kept posted, the town clerk had arranged for progress reports to be sent to the upstairs corridor, where a blackboard showing a running total of the results was kept going up to midnight, at which time the only result definitely known was that of the Mayoralty. At that hour there were still ten polling places which had not furnished their returns for the City Council, which was the second issue counted.

THE FOUR LOANS ONLY KELBURN VIADUCT ISSUE CARRIED TRAMWAYS AND LIBRARY PROPOSALS THROWN OUT. The result of the four loan polls and the “zoo” plebescite were made known at 1 a.in. The figures are as follow:— For. Against Library Loan 6.695 7.909 Viaduct Loan 7.995 Oarage, tramcars, etc. 7,012 7.075 Bowen Street Tram .. 6,506 7,810 Zsa* qhprgo ... u ... 13,94 u 8,566

CITY COUNCIL the final figures SOME CHANGES IN PERSONNEL The final return in connection with the City Council election was available at 2.15 a.m. Tlie figures are as follow (an asterisk denotes sitting members): ’Hislop, T. C. A. J 2.328 Wright, R. A. ♦Bennett, W. ♦Morpeth, C. D ♦Chapman, C. ? ♦Luckie, M. Tr a svth c T ft ’ F> 10,492 «. i." ♦Burn. B. G. »•»»« ♦McKeen, R. ... Meredith, W. G ♦Mitchell, 9 -°‘ B (The above are elected.) ♦Bennett, H. D e’rru ♦McVilly, R. W L 247 Thornton, E. O 7,174 Read, J I’”™ Boyd, F. ‘>oBB Parlane, A ",410 Thorn, Jas 6,dOU Butler, P. 6,189 Black, A 6,1“ Walsh, M 6,184 Tucker, J 6,083 Lees, 5,206 Whippy, G. W 5,108 Duncan, ”,112 Thew, M. W '• 3,187

HARBOUR BOARD CITY RETURNS PRACTICALLY COMPLETE THE NEW MEMBERS Owing to the Harbour Board being placed last on the list of nine issues in the counting of votes last night, it was not possible to get the complete result of the poll for the election of four members to represent the city of Wellington on the Harbour Board. There were eight nominations, namely, Messrs. H. D. Bennet. F. A. Macindoe, G. Mitchell, C. J. B. Norwood, C. H. Chapman, J. O. Johnson. J. Roberts and R. Semple, the four last-mentioned being Labour candidates. At the’time of going to press the following was the state of the poll returns from 54 booths out of a total of 62: — Norwood, C. J. B. 11,534 Bennett, H. D 11,237 Chapman, C. II 10,639 Capt. Macindoe 10,544 Mitchell, G 9440 Semple, R 7856 Johnson J. O ..... 6643 Roberts, J 6454 HUTT-PETONE DISTRICT. The sitting members, Mr. J. W. McEwan and Captain C. F. Post were reelected for the combined counties of Hutt and Makara and the boroughs of Petone, Lower and Upper Hutt, and Eastbourne. The voting (subject to final cheek) was as follows: — J. W. McEwan 5570 C. F. Post 3407 C. B. Robinson 2815 MANAWATU DISTRICT. The election of two members to represent the combined counties and boroughs of the Manawatu district resulted as follows :— M. A. Elliott (Palmerston , North) 4291 W. L. Fitzherbert (Palmerston North) 3853 H. Tolley (Feilding) 2843 Informal 152 Other Representation. Representation or other interests on the Harbour Board remains unchanged in respect of the other six members out of a total of 14. Messrs. T. R. Barrer and T. Moss were re-elected for the combined counties and boroughs of the Wairarapa district. Captain C. McArthur and Mr. C. M. Turrell were re-elected as representatives of payers of dues on ships, and Mr. D. J. McGowan by the payers of dues other than on ships. Mr. J. G. Harkness, Government nominee, has been reappointed for a further term of three years.

HOSPITAL BOARD FINAL RETURN REV. VAN STAVEREN AGAIN TOPS POLL Following is the result of the Hospital Board election :— ’Van Stavcren, H 13,737 ’Luke, C, M 12,817 ’Castle, F 1 12,764 ’McVicar, Annie 12,388 ’Petlierick, G. J 12,198 ’Campbell, D 16,607 ’Fraser, Janet 10,158 ’Bennett, F 9,958 ’llelliwell, J. II 9,524 Chapman, Emily J 9285 ’Gill, T. H 9174 .Glover, J 8432 ’Preston, Jane K 8384 Egley, B 5135 (The above are elected.) Cole, W 81 10 Moore, Eliza J SO9S ’Semple, Margaret 7904 Snow, Sarah 7650 Read. .1 7528 Andrews, W. A 7415 Butler, P. M 6547 Begg. C 6536 Black, A 6514 Tucker, J 6138 Hennessey. L 6255 Sadd, W. II 6151 Moran, Jeanette 6041 Whippy, G. W ... 5154 Johnson, J 4905 Young. Margaret 4115 Benge, O. II 4109 Thew, M. W 3737 ’Present members.

SUBURBAN BOROUGHS

PETONE DEFEAT OF LABOUR COUNCIL Keen interest was shown in the elections at Petone, and although the booths were fairly quiet in the morning, they became busier as the day advanced, lhe last hour before the booths closed was a rush. The most outstanding feature was the complete overthrow of the Labour council and its replacement by the civic “ticket.” The Citizens’ Association put up nine members for election, and all ot them were returned. Two of the candidates, Messrs. V. Jacobson and J. W. Longman, were on the former council. The civic ticket candidates were also successful in the Power Board and Gas Board elections. After the final results had been announced, the successful candidates briefly addressed the large crowd that had assembled outside the Couucil Chambers, thanking them for their su>-port. The following are the results on the various issues. All results are exclusive of votes by declaration, and are subject to the returning officer’s recount, lhe number of informal votes was not available last night. *Denotes sitting memher: — MAYOR. McKenzie, David (elected unopposed). BOROUGH COUNCIL. Ryder, Herbert Alfred 1585 ♦Jacobson, Victor Emmanuel.... 1575 Hogg, Eric Thomas Edward.... 1498 Burns, John Campbell 1460 Toomath, Roderick William.... 1445 ♦Longman, John Walter 1363 Noble, Victor Albert }327 Brockelbank, Christopher Parker 1277 Orsborn, Harold Osborn 1184 (The above are elected.) Scholefield, Albert 1144 Cumming, James IOJ< Edwards. William Herbert .... 1014 McPherson, Archibald J4o McCarthy, Denis >l4l Ashby, James 818 Spurr, Albert 7uo Bowden, Arthur George PETONE AND LOWER HUTT GAS LIGHTING BOARD. (Two members to be elected.) ♦Jacobson, Victor Emmanuel .. 1632 ♦Hogg, Eric Thomas Edward .. 1511 The above were elected. Scholefield, Albert 108< Topp, Richard Bethridge 608 HUTT VALLEY POWER BOARD. (Two members to be elected.) ♦McEwan, John William 1J45 ♦Stewart, Leonard 1620 The above were elected. Edwards, William Herbert .... 776 McCarthy, Denis • • 735 WATER LOAN PROPOSAL. For water supply. Amount to be raised, £61,000. ‘ For proposal 1355 Against proposal 286 Carried by a majority of 1069 votes. WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD. Two members to be elected from the combined districts of the Counties of Hutt and Makara, the Boroughs of Petone, Lower Hutt, Eastbourne, and Upper Hutt, and the Town District of Johnsonville. ♦McEwan, John William 5.170 ♦Post, Colin Francis o4U( The above were elected. Robinson, Charles Bosworth .... ZiJlo

UPPER HUTT mayoralty. Robertson, Peter ®B2 McCurdy, Angus John Majority for Robertson 81 BOROUGH COUNCIL. East Ward. Duff, John Owen 450 Guthrie, George Humphrey 410 Greig, William fOO Biewman, James Shearman, Cliarles Lawrence Alexander • • (The above are elected.) Hazelwood, James Thomas ...... 319 Turner, William Herbert 31» Francis, William Sutherland, James Dale, George Joseph Woods .... 18b West Ward. Hood, Malcolm Hopkins 275 Howell, Jy 254 Cottle, Edwin William (The above are elected.) Jameson, Thomas Reginald ~~~ Johnson. John Kirkpatrick Griffen, Albert Thomas 123 HUTT VALLEY POWER BOARD. William Henry Barber is returned unopposed as local representative on the Hutt Valley Power Board. EASTBOURNE THE MAYORALTY. ' Mr. H. M. Jones was returned for the Mayoralty unopposed. BOROUGH COUNCIL. Hornig, W. F 509 Rockstrow, J. F 49Shearer, S. 466 Walker, A 464 Hart, I 4-9 Battersby, E. N 414 Wise, A Varney, A •••• "71 (The above are apparently elected.) Fisher. 8. F 369 Besnnt. J Everett. A. A. E 243 There nre 37 votes by declaration still to be accounted for. which may alter the position of the noil in respect to Messrs. Varney and Fisher.

LOWER HUTT MAYORALTY. Roberts. Sir Alexander 2554 Power. Justin 1206 Majority for Roberts 1348 BOROUGH COUNCIL. Boyd, J. R 2263 Hobbs, A. J 2253 Grierson. A -io-, Mcßain. A 2(36 Campbell. F (992 Meldrinn W. G 1925 Mitchell J 1072 Carver. A. E 1646 Patrick. D. S 1544 (The above were elected.) Anderson. A J-il! Andrews. J. W E'l? Brown, 11. II 1™ ! ? Anderson. R. G 1194 Newell. J. W 1194 Rothwell. E. F Kennedy, J. C H-9 Watkins. S. T. ,s 1123 Cotton. IV. T ... 478 Sen-er. E. J 403 LOAN PROPOSAL. Th„ proposal to raise a loan of £12,000 I for tar sealing was carried by 1438 votes to 448.

ns'under: 14,388 9,027 \v .Majority for Troup — 5,361 Following are details of the polling:— Polling Place. Nash. Troup Town Hall: Cuba Street .. 1103 2078 Brooklyn : Baptist Church274 311 Brooklyn: Anglican Churchroom • 107 nd Mornington: Baptist Churchroom • 61 ,27 Vogeltown: Mr. Brown’s 32 27 Ohiro Bay: Mrs. Moore’s Tearooms Island Bay: Blue Patter 6 42 87 Island Bay Masonic Hall 193 315 Haughton Bay: Mr. J. Laurenson’s Residence . Berlianipore: Masonic Hall, Adelaide Road _• Berhampore: St. Cuthbert s Anglican Schoolroom ... Sutherland Road: Melrose Ratepayers’ Hall Lyall Bay: Grand View 13 62 126 103 73 54 83 59 57 Lyall" Bay: St. Jude's An150 55 Lyall"" Bay: Methodist Schoolroom, Cockburn 85 126 Kilbirnie: Public Hall ... Kilbirnie: Church of Christ 125 192 198 270 Schoolroom. Bay Road Kilbirnie : Salv. Army Hall, 62 164 Onepu Road Miramar: Public Hall . . . Miramar North Tearooms Miramar: Perrett’s Shop 71 195 77 128 82 103 Corner, Broadway .... Miramar: Old Borough 48 41 Seatoun: Tea Kiosk ...... 91 256 Worser Bay: Boating Shed 12 38 Wadestown: St. Luke’s An302 glican Schoolroom Northland: Methodist 117 127 194 Churchroom KalwarraMethodist 50 Churchroom 68 Karori: Mr. Field’s Work301 63 Karori: Old Council Cham99 289 t) e i* Karori: Karori Park TeaIt) 37 Ngaio: Public Hall 115 183 Khandallah: Public Mall South Wellington: Public 65 239 386 461 South Wellington, St. Thomas’s Aug. School418 423 South Wellington: Congregational Church .... South Wellington: Vic111 187 toria Hall Roseneath : Orient Private 206 194 Hotel 13' 42 Roseneath:' Publie School 59 298 Kelburn: Tea Kiosk Raroa Rohd: Presbyterian 54 407 Sunday Schoolroom Kelburn : Anglican Sunday 25 88 29 194 Hataitai: Methodist Churchroom 118 410 Hataitai. Hataitai Hall, Moxham Avenue 71 238 Aro Street, Mission ‘Hall Abel Smith Street: Gaiety 183 99 Hall 362 432 Lambton Quay: “N.Z. Times’” Old Offices .... 100 257 The Terrace: Masonic Hall 54 218 Basin Reserve Pavilion .. Featherston Street, Be134 111 thune’s Auction Mart.. Clyde Quay, Oddfellows’ 156 610 Hall 284 474 Vivian St.: Trades and Labour Hall Vivian St., Baptist School440 151 98 97 Tinakori Rd.: Kearney's Tearooms Tinakori Road.: St. Paul’s 48 94 Schoolroom 65 108 Ghuznee St.: Caledonian Hall Dominion Farmers’ Insti107 179 tute.: Featherston and Ballance Streets 139 442 Plimmer’s Steps, off Lambton Quay. “Dominion” Newspaper Old Building 81 260 Kent Terrace: Presbyterian Churchroom Molesworth St.: Method297 383 1st Schoolroom 103 310 Sydney St. Schoolroom .. Wharf: No. 17 Shed, near 447 578 Ferry Wharves 347 113 Bayly’s: Customhouse Quay 14S 308 Totals 9027 14,388

Detailed Voting. Eastbourne. Ferry Council. Whnrf. Homig. W. F .. 301 148 Rockstrow. .T. F. .. .. 344 148 Sheerer, S. G .. 329 137 Welker. A .. 321 143 Hart. I .. 994 135 Rettersby. E. N. .. .. 3O.| 119 Wise. A OST 119 Vnrney. A 9 IOS Wisher S F • 9' T’esnnt. .T ■ ’ O10 109 Everett. A. A. E. .. . . 172 71