WELLINGTON SUBURBS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1914, Page 3

WELLINGTON SUBURBS

MR. WRIGHT POLLS WELL. R. A. Wright (R.) " 3176 F. T. Moore (Lab.) 2195 J. E. Fitzgerald (L,) ... ... 909 Majority 981 The first return to hand from this scattered, far-flung electorate was received from Worser Bay at 7.6 p.m., and came to hand at the Evening Post Office three minutes later Fort Dorset soon followed. Then the returns came in thick and fast until about 8.30, when they slackened down and Plimmerton (which had long since finished its count) came leisurely in at the end. There were some forty-two polling places to account for, although the heaviest counts (among the first to hand) were from places where people whose occupations are in the city reside. The highest polling was at Berhampore — the headquarters. Mr. J. W. Salmon, the returning officer, had evidently laid hi* plans well, as the promptitude of the receipt of the numbers as they came to hand testified. He was assisted by a capable staff. So far as could be ascertained ' there was no difficulty ' at any of the polling places in\ the Suburbs election in the' way of electors recording their votes. The following is the detailed voting :—: — 3

There are 147 absent Expeditionary Force votes and two seamen's votes to come. The results of the 1911 election were as follow : — First Second Ballot Ballot. W. H. D. Bell (R.) ... 2431 3060 F. T. Moore (Lab.) ... 1273 2661 J. E. Fitzgerald (L.) ... 1214 J. P. Luke (Ind.) . . W32

J3 M Karaka Bay 39 Ormrod's Store, Berhampore 191 Worser Bay 42 Seatoun ' 161 Miramar ... ... 132 Maranui . . ... 253 Melrose 48 Island Bay School ... 278 Island B. (St. Hilda's) 191 Brooklyn 22 K«lbum . : ... 59 Makata 12 Te Kohanga 24 Karori Parochial Hall 113 Karori Public School... 89 Karori North 234 vv adestown 143 Goldie's Brae 80^ Kaiwarra 99 Ngahauranga ... ... 19 Koro Koto South ... 3 Normandale 12 Belmont 15 Hay wards 4 Ngaio 170 Kbandallah 229 Johneonvills 137 Pukehuia 13 Ohariu 30 Tawa Flat v 41 PoriTua ... ... 98 Paremata 17 PlinimeTton 28 Pukerua 17 Pahautanui 61 Judgeford 20 Takapu 15 Fort Dorset ... ... 4 Fort Ballance ... ... 2 Fort Kelburn ... ... 1 a) H S 10 234 25 74 139 170 61 159 125 32 12 2 4 59 26 75 125 15 113 74 4 12 23 4 82 56 272 33 11 10 101 15 9 i 2 1 1 ■4 2 9 g to 5 55 10 25 40 ' 48 5 67 26 16 1 21 3 35 8 37 44 5 102 ' 21 4 13 2 3 61 26 99 6 10 17 27 4 9 27 21 1 3 Total 3176 2195 909