RESULTS FROM OTHER CENTRES

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

RESULTS FROM OTHER CENTRES

REV. J. K. ARCHER’S NARROW VICTORY IN CHRISTCHURCH MAY HAVE TO FACE AN OPPOSITION COUNCIL The most exciting Mayoral contest in the Dominion appears to have been fought in Christchurch, where the sitting Mayor, the Rev. J. K. Archer (Labour) fought a straight-out duel with Mr. Hayward, citizens’ candidate. After the heaviest poll on record Mr. Archer was returned by a comparatively narrow majority. At Dunedin Mr. R. S. Black was returned in a field of four, the Labour candidate finishing third. Auckland pinned its faith to Mr. G. Baildon, who was returned with a majority of nearly a thousand over his nearest opponent. Except where otherwise stated, the following results have been received per the Press Association.

CHRISTCHURCH RECORD POLLING. The Mayoralty contest resulted as follows: — J. K. Archer (Labour), (reelected) 15,4 W. Hayward (Citizens) .. 14,920 The poll was the biggest ever recorded. The election of the council is by proportional representation, and the counting will not be completed to-night, indications are that citizens candidates will have a small majority on the new council. AUCKLAND The following was the result of the Mayoral contest: — G. Baildon (present Mayor) 7b39 T. Bloodworth (Labour) .. 6637 H. E.. Vaile 5083 W. H. Murray 4214 One small result to come. The result of the City Council election, in which there are 67 candidates for 21 seats, will not be known till after midnight. DUNEDIN The city Mayoralty resulted:— R. S. Black 5701 C. 11. Hayward 4192 F. J. Jones (Lab.) 3811 J. McDonald 1"21 Only 15,700 voted out of 29,000 on the roll. .KAIAPOI. Mayoralty.—W. H. A. Vickery, 370; H. C. Revell, 331. . NEW BRIGHTON. Mayoralty.—J. H. Shaw, 782: E. A. M. Leaver, 616; A. W. Owles (retiring Mayor), 612. ■ LYTTELTON. Mayoralty—W. T. Foster, 794; A. McDonald, 461; W. W. Tc •, 236. ONEHUNGA. Mayoralty.—E. Morton defeated H. A. StoUPe ’ TAKAPUNA. J. W. Williamson, present Mayor, was re-elected. NEW LYNN. C. F. Gardner was elected, this being the first Mayoral election in the district. BIRKENHEAD. Mayoralty.—J. P. McPhail was elected. MOUNT ALBERT. Mayoralty.—L. E. Rhodes was re-elect-ed (2392) against R. E. Matthews (!933). WESTPORT, Keen interest was taken in the municipal elections. For the Mayoralty the voting was: J. H. Harkness (sitting Mayor), 777; George Scandrett, 636. Majority for Harkness, 141. For the Hospital Board there were seven candidates for three seats, those elected being H. Nahr, W. P. Caldwell, and E. R. Fox. . Thursday was retained as the haltholiday. GISBORNE. Mayoralty: D. W. Coleman (Labour), 2578; A. \Vade (Independent). 1439. Mr. Coleman was re-elected by 1039. THAMES. Mayoralty: W. Bongard (re-elected), 739; S. Ensor, 635; A. J. Whiteside, 114. BLENHEIM. Mr. M. McKenzie was re-eleeted Mayor unopposed. Council: P. S. Boyes, William Carr, W. J. Humphreys, A. A. Macnab, E. S. Parker, T. B. Salmon, C. T. Smith. J. Smith, John Weniyss. Hospital Board: Mrs. Fred Redwood, John Wemyss, C. F. A. Whiteford. TIMARU. Mayoralty: William Angland, 2140; Percy C. Vinnell, 1503; A. Lawrence Gee, 1084. LEVIN. Mayor: C. Blenkhorn, 454; T. Hobson, 398. Council: Falloon, Keegwell, Rowe, Goldsmith, Barker, Harvey, Hannah. Walker, and O'Connor. Power Board (Levin centre) : Blenkhorn, 502; A. A. Brown. 331. INVERCARGILL. Mayoralty.—J. D. Campbell, 3161; J. Miller (retiring Mayor), 2071. A vote was also taken on the half-hoh-day question, nnd resulted ns follows: — Wednesday (the present half-holiday), 2808; Saturday. 2475. NEW PLYMOUTH. Mayoralty.—H. V. S. Griffiths (elected). 1878; E. Gilmour. 1088. WAITARA. Mayoralty.—E. A. George (elected), 421; R. Morgan, 144. INGLEWOOD. Mr. W. J. Winfield was returned unopposed for the Mayoralty. GORE. Mayoralty.—D. L. Poppelwell. 655; W. IL Shelton. 612; A. Newman. 426: A. Mac Gibbon. 130. Informal. 21. NELSON. Mayoralty. —Moffatt. 1933; Lock. 1446. Majority for Moffatt, 187. MOTUEKA. Mayoralty.—Clay, 299; Talbot, 191; Wallace, 159. PAHIATUA. Mayor.—Wilson. Council. —Murcb, Davidson. Murphy, Boiigey. Dretland. Tulloch, Donald, Ross and Brown. HAMILTON. Mayoralty.—A. R. Fow (present Mayor). 1532; Dr. Pinfold. 1450; Gilbert, HASTINGS. Mayoralty.—G. F. Roach. 1108; G. McKav (ex-M.P.), 752• G. C. Lowe, 735; J. S. McKee, 449; STRATFORD. The sitting Mayor, Mr. J. W. McMillan, wns re-elected with a 300 majority. There were three other candidates. WHANGAREI. Mayoralty.—W. Jones, 844; D. A. McLean. 777. WOODVILLE. Mayoralty.—H. P. Horne, 213; F. Shearman, 110. Borough Council. —D. Ruddiek. 2SS ; R. Johnson. 269; J. Harding, 252; A. Pickering, 252; C. Sutton, 220; G. Rose, 205; J. Nicholas, 198; F. Mackie, 190; J. McCormick, 184,

FOXTON. » Borough Council. —E. Crowley. 279: A. Crowe. 267: J. Ross. 266; C. Rand. 261 : F. Robinson. 248: F. Lucinsky. 245: O. R. Baron. 2” Roori R.angihena. 214; R. Thompson, 212; C. Hunt. 202. The first nine were, elected. CARTERTON. Council. —.1. L. Chnrchhouse. 4.30; G Hughan. 420: J. Udy. 416: W. A. Hart. 409; \V. Tucker. .388: I>. L. Tavener. 366: C. E. .Tones. 366: E. Clarke. 339: A. Broadbelt. 336. The defeated candidates were as follow :—T. 11. Hughes. 329: S. 11. Armstrong. 273: informal. 7. Mr. Hughes is a retiring councillor, while Messrs. Udy. .Tones, and Clarke are being returned for the first time. A poll was taken here to-day on the question of creating a fire district. Three hundred and seventy-nine ratepayers recorded their votes, and the proposal was rejected by 255 votes to 108 votes, informal votes numbering 15. OTAKI. Mayoralty.—Atmore, 333: Bowdon, 239. Seventy votes by declaration to be counted. but cannot alter the result.

PALMERSTON NORTH Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, May 1. The number of voters at the local body elections was not large. The voting took place at 22 booths, and a staff of about 50 was engaged. Four voting papers had to be filled in. There were 16 candidates for the Borough Council, and all the old councillors offered their services again. The contest for the Mayoralty resulted in an overwhelming defeat for Mr. Edwards. He was beaten at every polling booth, and finished un 1936 votes behind Mr. Graham. Results: — Archibald James Graham .. 2774 Robert Edwards 838 BOROUGH COUNCIL. A. E. Mansford 2803 M. A. Eliott 2473 W. L. Fitzherbert .... 2446 J. Hodgens 2371 V. N. Clausen 1867 D. VV. Lowe 1831 A. Guy 1716 G. Tremaine 1681 W. Milverton 1613 (The above are elected.) R. Edwards 1605 H. J. Tanton 1571 • T. Andrew 1481 J. McLeod 1368 F. Pycroft 1280 S, C. Allervy 963 C. Taylor 758 Informal 92 The old council is returned with the exception of Guy, who replaces Tanton. Mr. W. Milverton subsequently intimated that he would not take his seat as he was disappointed in the support accorded him. HOSPITAL BOARD. A. E. Mansford 2580 Mrs. C. P. Abraham ... 2468 R. L. P. Aitchison 2407 J. A. Nash. M.P 2354 (The above are elected.) S. Pycroft 1285 W. Milverton 956 S. P. Allerm 872 Informal 47 FEILDING Dominion Special Service. Feilding May 1. Borough Council. —E. Fair, 738; A. McCorkindaie, 728; S. B. Pearce, 712; D. Pryde, 706; H. Stewart, 706; J. Corpe, 694 ; T. Collins, 688; J. Hill, 664; F. Guy, 621; F. Edwards, 319. The first, nine were elected. Feilding Representative on Palmerston North Hospital Board.—V. Smith,’ 558; P, Guy, 278. Feilding Representative on ManawatuOroua Power Board.—P. Guy caused a sensation by defeating the sitting member, Jones Tingey. Result: P. Guy, 423; J. Tingey, 413. MASTERTON SOME SURPRISES: Dominion Special Service. Masterton, May 1. There were many gasps of surprise to be heard when the final election results were made in Masterton to-night. Although apparently there was no great interest, ratepayers turned out in better numbers than was thought, as approximately 1400 votes were entered at the various polling booths. Throughout the day was steady, thought at no time were any of the booths overworked. Shortly before 8 o’clock a small crowd gathered in front of the main polling booth at the municipal buildings, and when the final announcement was made at about 10 o’clock, there was a fair number of people congregated. For this year the Masterton Borough Council will be comprised of the following councillors: — W. White 1286 A. D. Low 1279 T. S. Jenkins 1275 A. Rippon '. 1251 W. H. Saunders 1228 J. L. Murray 1224 C. 11. Anderson 1215 N. T. Beetham 1198 11. M. Peacock 1169 W. L. Free 1141 H. J. O’Leary 1244 Messrs. C. B. McClymont (996) and H. H. Daniell (887), both members of the last council, were not returned. The Mayor (Mr. T. Jordan) was returned unopposed. WANGANUI Dominion Special Service. Wanganui, May 1. For the Wanganui Mayoral election supporters of the sitting Mayor, Mr. M. J. Rogers, were confident that he would head the poll at least by upwards of a 500 majority, but the most sanguine supporters never anticipated that his victory over his oppents would be such a sweeping one. the figures being:— Rogers 5128 Hope Gibbons 2432 Morrison 750 In a straight-out contest at the last election Mr. Rogers only beat Mr. Hope Gibbons by 92. When the result was announced there was vociferous eheerinsr. Mr. Rogers, in returning thanks, indicated that when he first entered the council as Mayor he was untried and nlone. He nnid a tribute to Mr. Hoop Gibbons as being a snort, and had 'y boon nrosent that night ho felt sure Mr. Gibbons would have taken his dofont >»> n suortinsr snirit.