VALLEY BOROUGHS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 188, 7 May 1931, Page 10

VALLEY BOROUGHS

Upper Hutt Mayoralty

MR. McCURDY RETURNED

Voting for the Councils

In the three boroughs of the Hutt Valley and in Eastbourne the polling yesterday was not so heavy as two years ago. For this the weather, and the fact that in three of the four boroughs there was no mayoral contest, were chiefly respondin' Upper Hutt Mr. A. J. McCurdy was elected mayor, defeating Mr. W. Greig by 713 votes to 624, a majority ot 89. Messrs. W. T. Strand (Lower Hutt), P ; MeKenzie (Petone) and S. F. Fisher (Eastbourne) were elected mayors of thear respective boroughs unopposed. Throughout the Valley there was only one loan proposal involved. That was in Petone, where a proposal to raise, by instalments, the sum. of £35,000 for the widening of Jackson Street, was carried by a large majority. In the various boroughs the leaders of the polls for councillors were: Petone, Mr. J. C. Burns; Lower Hutt, Mr. A. Grierson; Eastbourne, Mr. W. Hornig; Upper Hutt, Mr. J. T. Hazelwood. A feature of the Petone election was the defeat of all but one of the Labour Party candidates. In the following results candidates who were sitting members are marked with an asterisk. LOWER HUTT Mayor

Mr. W. T. Strand was elected mayor unopposed. Council

’Grierson, Archibald 1620 ’Mcßain, Alexander 1599 Anderson, Alexander 1577 ♦Campbell, Frank .....' 1571 ♦Patrick, Douglas Smith 1568 Ginger, Barton Albert 1415 Wilson, William Henry 1312 ’Meldrum, Walter George 1306 ’Mitchell. John • • • (The above are elected.) Rothwell, Eric Francis ........ 1281 Napier, James Eric n-o Sergent, Albert Edwin 902 Jackson, Albert Frederick William S<4 There were 52 informal votes. Hutt and Petone Gas Board ’Strand, William Thomas 1858 ’Meldrum, Walter George ....... 1608 (The above are elected.) Jackson, Albert Frederick William 90a Hospital Board Whitton, James 1527 (The above is elected.) Nicholls, Alfred James 1240 Majority for Whitton ...... 387 There were 61 informal votes. This election for the Hospital Board is Lower Hutt and Eastbourne combined. Hutt Valley Electric Power y Boaigd There was no election for the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board. ’Anderson, Alexander ’Hobbs, Archibald John were returned unopposed. PETONE Mayor Mr. D., McKenzie was returned unopposed. , Council ’Burns, John Campbell 1477 ’Ryder, Herbert Alfred 1444 ’Toomath, Roderick William .... 1442 ’Noble, Victor Albert 1436 ’Hogg, Eric Thomas Edward .... 1427 ’Longman, John Walter ......... 1987 Scholefield, Albert 1836 ’Jacobson, Victor Emmanuel ... 1327 ♦Brockelbank, Christopher Parker 1326 (The above are elected.) Watkinson, William Pomfret .. 130 b Campbell, Edward Norman .... 1262 Cumming, James 1204 Edwards, William Herbert .... 1148 Huggan, Joseph 103* There were 122. informal votes. Petone and Hutt Gas Lighting Board ’Brodielbank, Christopher Parker 1377 ’Watkinson, William Pomfret .. 1324 (The above are elected.) Scholefield, Albert L 1292 Pritchard, Arthur Llewellyn .. J2o Hutt Valley Electric Power Board ’McEwan, John William 1773 ♦Stewart, Leonard (The above were elected.) Huggan, Joseph '. •• • Garrett, Ernest Howard ........ oVI ’ Harbour Board There was no election for representation on the Wellington Harbour Board. ’Post, Captain C. F. _ ’McEwan, John William were returned unopposed. Hospital Board There was no election for the Wellington Hospital Board, Mrs. Sarah Bennett being returned unopposed. Jackson Street Widening Loan A proposal to raise, by instalments, a loan of £35,000 for the purpose of widening Jackson Street was carried. With one more return to come the voting was: For 118? Against 890 EASTBOURNE Mayor Mr. S. F. Fisher was returned as mayor unopposed. Council ’Hornig, William Francis 552 Magill, Margaret ♦Walker. Archibald ♦Battersby, Ernest Norman 018 Varney. Arthur 504 Rendle. Charles Arthur 476 ’Rockstrow. John Frederick 459 ♦Wise, Edward Wellesley •••••• 41 ‘ (The above are elected.) Todd, Douglas '444 Hutt Valley Power Board There was no election for the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board. Archibald Walker being returned unopposed. Hospital Board For the Wellington 'Hospital Board Eastbourne is joined with Lower Huta The successful candidate was Janies Whitton. _____ UPPER HUTT Mayor Mr. Angus McCurdy was elected Mayor of Upper Hutt by a majority of 89 over Mr Win. Greig. The polling was as follows, Mr. McCurdy’s figures being given first and Mr. Greigs in Parenthesis . Upper Hutt Council Office, 3JI, (oyO). Oddfellows’ Hall, 114 CW102 (99) Silverstream Hall, 56 (JO). Wellington, 50 (56).- Totals: <l3 (624). There were 10 informal votes. Council West Ward. The following were returned unopposed for the West Ward: ’Howell, Amos. ’Hood, Malcolm Hopkins. _ Jameson. Tbcmas Reginald.

East Ward. Hazelwood, Janies Thomas .... 5• Blewman, James 499 Guthrie. George Humphrey .... 407 Keys. Francis-Percy 440 O’Flaherty. James Peter •••••• 48! ’ (The srbove are elected.)

Spearman, Charles Lawrence _ Alexander J' 8 Geange. Kenneth Sylvannus .... o«2 Thompson. Allen Kohn W Wakelin, Eric Ferrers Warner, Peter Edward