TO-MORROW

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1914, Page 8

TO-MORROW

. PROSPECTS FINALLY r :i SUMMED UP I IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT \ HEAVY POLLING EXPECTED * . 1 . MINISTERS' SEATS FAIRLY \ SAFE. « ' * (IT TBLBCBAPH.— SPECIAL TO THB POST.) * AUCKLAND, This Day. * t Tho' interest evinced in Thursday's !" election is probably greater than on any * previous occasion, and a very heavy \ poll is "anticipated. The war is quite 2 a secondary i topic of conversation for the * time being. As already indicated, the *only seeming uncertainty in regard to 3 the Auckland City seats is in Auckland West, where the Opposition are making * desperate efforts to recapture the seat ? wrested by Mr. Bradney from Mr. Poole ' three years ago. Mr. Bradney, however, £ expresses himself confident of the result, | and after the display of "Red Fedism" |in the electorate On Monday night, » which has had a palpable influence on s the -minds of many electors, it would j not be surprising to find Mr. Bradney \ heading the poll with a reduced mal jority. Mr. Holmes is working hard 'i against Mr. Myers, but the latter, as | well as Mr. Glover, is likely to retain * his seat. * In the suburban seats Mr. Dickson * (Reform) is likely to beat Mr Snllii van (Opposition), although the latter's I supporters are sanguine. ■ In Grey Lynn •' the interesting triangular contest between Messrs. M'Lean (Reform), ■\FWlcls (Opposition and the United Labour Party), and Payne (Independent Labour) .is being, fiercely waged. Mr. M'Lean may be expected to win. The following Are likely to be more or less easy winners :— Messrs. Parr (Eden), Harris (Waitemata), Lang (Manukau), Maunder (Marsden), and Coates (Kaipara). In the Bay of Islands the issues are so complicated that one cannot forecast tjfe'-re'sult, but I feel inclined to think the winner will be either Mr Wilkinson (Reform) or^Dr. Buck (Opposition). South of Auckland City the Prime Minister will, of "course, remain the chosen of the Franklin electors, whilst Messrs. Bollard (Raglan) and Young (Waikato) and the Hon. W H. Herries (Tauranga) are in no danger of being replaced by their Wardite opponents. "Mr* Clark (Reform) is giving Mr Poland (Wardite) a good run for Ohinemuri, but -I expect Mr. Poland to win. In Thames and Taumarunui Messrs. - E. EL Taylor and W T. Jennings (both Wardites) are attempting to . recapture their old seats from Messrs. Rhodes and Wilson (Reformers). Neither issue can be said to he certain, and the Government may consider itself fortunate if it retains both these doubtful seats. Mr. Mac Donald (Opposition) is well entrenched in the Bay of Plenty and should succeed in defeating his Reform candidate, although the latter's supporters are hopeful.