IN THE PROVINCES

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 186, 4 May 1933, Page 10

IN THE PROVINCES

Manawatu Polling Light HOSPITAL BOARD SURPRISE Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, May 3. Owing to heavy rain throughout the district to-day there was light, polling at the municipal elections in the various towns. The' Mayor of Palmerston North, Mr. A. E. Mausford, was returned unopposed. Borough Council. In the City Council elections, Messrs. Aitchison, Free, Brown, Cameron, Ilodgens, and Tremaine, sitting members who contested their seats, were returned. The voting was as follows: — R. L. C. Aitchison 3160 W. B. Cameron 3059 11. B. Free 2956 W. H. Brown 2881 W. B. Tennant 2834 G. Tremaine 2823 J. Hodgens 2772 W. Mouldey i 2711 A. A. Langley v 2353 The following candidates were defeated:—J. H. Whyte, 2247; V. Christensen, 1583; P. T. Robinson, 1471; W. Cutler, 1286; A. A. Yule, 1078; W. Wanklyn, 1072. The Hospital Board. In the Palmerston North Hospital Board election Mr. J. A. Nash, M.P., lost his seat to Mr. J. Hodgens. The voting was as follows: — A. E. Mausford 3922 R. L. C. Aitchison 2947 Mrs. C. Abraham 2880 J. Hodgens . 2453 The defeated candidates were:—J. A. Nash, M.P., 2247; P. V. Burns, 1574. Mr. Nash had held a seat for many years and his defeat by the Labour ! nominee, Mr. Hodgens, caused some j surprise. FEILDING The Mayor of Feilding, Mr. C. E. Taylor, was returned unopposed. In the council election the whole of the “Citizens’ ticket” was elected. Following is the new council: — E. Fair 1051 A. McCorkiudale 103 G J. Corpe 929 G. Kilvington 922 W. Andrews 915 S. D. Pearce 911 A. J. Kellow 898 G. Darragh 859 D. Fairweather 761 Tlie defeated candidates were:—P. G. Guy, 556; J. Nairn, 551; W. A. Salt, 343. Messrs. Salt and Guy were nominees of the Labour Party. Power and Hospital Boards.

Mr. V. E. Smith was re-elected Feilding representative on the Palmerston North Hospital Board, polling 833 votes to Mr. P. G. Guy’s 426. The sitting member of the Mana-watu-Oroua Power Board, Mr. P. G Guy, was re-elected, polling 724. Mr. V. E. Smith polled 535. FOXTON The Mayor of Foxton, Mr. M. E. Perreau, was returned unopposed, and only the required number of nominations were received for the borough council. The only election was for two representatives on the Foxton Harbour,Board. One pf the sitting members, Mr. M. E. Perreau, lost his seat to Mr. H. W. B. Osborne. The voting was as follows:— H. W. B. Osborne 151 John Ross 112 The defeated candidate is: E. Perreau 86 LEVIN The Mayor of Levin. Mr. P. W. Goldsmith, was elected unopposed. Sixteen nominations were received for nine seats on the Borough Council. Tlie elected council is:— C. S. Clarence 842 F. E. Parker 817 D. P. Todd 765 J. Harvey 755 I F. G. Roe 753 | D. S. McKenzie 738 11. Walker 723 D. G. C. France 713 E. M. Herrick 614 The defeated councillors were:—W. G. Bishop, 447: H. J. Coleman, 264; C. Thompson, 246: T. W. Treen, 224; J. Ince, 213: T. Gree'gan. 208; Rangi Broughton. 186. OTAKI The Mayor of Otaki. Mi. C. F. Atmore. retained office by the narrow, margin of one vote. The voting was: C. F. Atmore 488 T. O’Rourke 487 Council. D. Richards 504 L. Lowry • • 486 11. Cockrell 435 11. Edhouse 411 D. Milne 357 J. McGill 356 The defeated candidates are:— W. H. Bowden 375 C. H. Williams 367 , H. Taylor 300 , J. Gillespie 243

WAIRARAPA TOWNS

No Elections at Masterton Dominion Special Service. Masterton, May 3. Owing chiefly to a widespread desire to save the expense of a poll, there wore contests in only four of the seven Wairarapa boroughs to-day. Polling was particularly good, especially at Featherston, where interest was very keen. There were no elections at all at Masterton, Pahiatua and Martinborough. CARTERTON 'l'lie mayor. Mr. W. Fisher, and the whole of the retiring council were returned at Carterton. The voting was: Mayoralty. W. Fisher 400 E. McKenzie 313 Majority, 87. Council. G. Hiigban 599 .1. Udy 569 W. Tucker 560 D. L. Taverner 54S C. E., Stevens 528 W. A. Hart 509 C. E. Jones 505 W. M. Sorenson 476 E. Clarke 432 The defeated candidates were:—R. A. Copeland, 262; IV. A. J. Earl, 250: N. C. Baildon. 245; A. J. Snelgrove, 234. For a seat on the Wairarapa Power Board Mr. W. Howard Booth was reelected with a majority of 139 over Mr. P. H. Blyth. the voting being:— j W. 11. Booth 426 P. 11. Bly th 337 I

GREYTOWN There was an election for the borough council at Greytown, there being ten candidates for nine seats. The voting was:— H. J. Nightingale ...... 194 S. Dennes 193 H. Morgan 189 W. A. Tate 188 A. W. Horton 188 L. Greathead 179 R. A. Blissett 177 H. Farley 15s B. De Wolfe 140 Z The defeated candidate was W. G. K. Wiggins, 109. All those elected are retiring mem- ' bers with the exception of Messrs. Nightingale and De Wolfe. EKETAHUNA 3 At Eketahuna there were nine can- . [ didates for six seats. The new council comprises:— D. P. Ryan 237 > W. Olsen > 235 j J. S. Tripe 223 ; E. M. Simmers i... 205 D. 11. Butcher 193 [ A. Ross 186 • I The defeated candidates were:— , H. E. Greathead, 176; T. Knight, 1 171; V. Capes, 154. j For a seat on the Tararua Power . Board, Mr. W. Simpson was re-elected with a majority of 52 over Mr. D. H. Butcher, the voting being:— ’ W. Simpson 206 ' D. H. Butcher 154 FEATHERSTON Polling for the Featherston Borough Council was heavy. The results are :- C. R. Skipage 320 Dr. G. S. Sharp 320 R. F. Watson 317 P. H. Watson 304 J. B. Burt ...’ 291 W. Benton 272 H. Buck 272 11. W. Cundy 263 F. E. Dohnt 255 ■ The defeated candidate was F. A. Austin, IS7. Dr. Sharp and Mr. Burt are new members. The poll for a seat on the Wairarapa Power Board resulted:— W. Benton (re-elected) . 203 R. T. Saunders 171 IN HAWKE’S BAY Napier Mayor Defeated Dominion Special Service. Napier, May 3. Mr. C. O. Morse was elected Mayor of Napier to-day by a substantial majority over the retiring mayor, Mr. J. V. Brown. The voting was:— C. O. Morse 4110 J. V. Brown 180 S DANNEVIRKE Twelve nominations for tlie Danne-

virke Borough Council were received, the following council being elected: — 1 A. N. Blakiston 714 E. Gibbard 757. C. J. Hansard 787 J. Tyler 683 W. McKinnon 638 S. McNab 792 S. W. Smith 666 D. T. Glover 555 W. Dobson 629 Messrs. Tyler and Blakiston are new councillors. Mr. L. Stein, a sitting member, was defeated. The defeated candidates were:—L. Stein, 539; K. Nash, 396; W. E. Hibbard, 317. The poll for seats on the Dannevirke Power Board resulted: — 8- Craven ' A. H. R. Gillespie 680 C. J. Hansard 732 The above are sitting members. Tlie defeated member was W. McKinnon, 421. HASTINGS Mayoralty The sitting mayor, Mr. G. F. Roach, was defeated, Mr. G. A. Maddison obtaining a substantial majority. The voting was: G. A. Maddison 4-47 G. F. Roach 1 333 WAIROA Mayoralty Tlie sitting mayor of Wairoa, .Mr. • 11. L. Harker, was returned by a majority of over two to one, defeating Mr. J. Corkill by SlO votes to 386. WOODVILLE The Mnvor of Woodville. Mr. J. Elder, defeated Mr. H. Galbraith in the mayoral election. Mr. Elder polled 293 votes and Mr. Galbraith 284 votes. The sitting member on the Dannevirke Power Board, Mr. H. P. Horne, defeated Mr. C. Forbes. The voting was:— , H. P. Horne C. Forbes ,• Borough Council. There were thirteen candidates for nine seats on the Borough Council. The new council is: — J Sullivan 430

A. Olsson F. B. Mackie F. Shearman 362 J. A. Phoelan 3 -p I). McGregor 352 1 (j Forbes 34 1 j A. M. Pickering 340 j K. Better 302 ' Tlie following are the defeated cate didates: R. R. Johnson, 299: C. A Sutton. 299; W. Curry, 271; D. Kenyon. 229. ■ TARANAKI RESULTS NEW PLYMOUTH Dominion Special Service. New Plymouth, May 3. Mr. E. R. C. Gilmour defeated the sitting mayor, Mr. 11. V. S. Griffiths, by 2830 votes to 2088. HAWERA Hawera, May 3. The Hawera mayoralty election resulted: J. E. Campbell, 959; W. G. Simpson. 605. giving a majority to Mr. Campbell of 354. WANGANUI Wanganui, May 3. The sitting Mayor of Wanganui, Mr. N. G. Armstrong, was returned by a majority of 926. The final figures were:— Armstrong ' 4814 J. T. Hogan 3888 Two years ago Mr. Armstrong headed Mr. W. J. Rogers by 149 votes. Yesterday was the wettest, polling day in Wanganui on record, heavy rain falling all day.