OUTSIDE RETURNS

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 99, 26 April 1917, Page 8

OUTSIDE RETURNS

(IT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION,) AUCKLAND, This Day. Mayoral Elections.— Mount Eden: Nicholson, 1543; Stewart, ~ —. Onehunga: Boyd, 883; Davis, 669; Sutherland, 446. The latter election was largely contested on the issue of the Zoo. Mr. Boyd, proprietor of the Zoo, headed the )V>lf.

LEVIN, This Day. Borough .Council.—Matheson, Lancaster, Browne, Bryson, M'Kenzie, Ryder, Buil, Parker, Aitken.

ELTHAM, This Day. The Mayoralty election resulted : —T. B. Crump, 308; B. Dive (ex-Mayor), 263.

GREYMOUTH, This Day. j The patriotic candidates were returned at the Borough Council elections yester- I day, the ticket being elected in toto. : W. H. Parfitt headed tho poll with 1324 ■ votes, the ■ lowest of ■ the nine selected I candidates polling 1115. The Laboui | Party, who made tho issue conscription, i ran six candidates. J. Goodall,- who sought re-eJection as a Labour candidate, . polled 766. The lowest Labour candidate polled 460. The, election proved Greymonth to bo loyal, and in support of tho enforcement of the "Military Service Act. There was a very heavy poll. Laboui- also failed to gain a seat on the Charitable Aid Board. The referendum on the half-holiday question resulted in more than, half the voters deciding that there was to be no change from Wednesday. ■ At Bunanga the only iasue was that of the half-holiday. It was decided to change from Thursday to Saturday. The , voting was: Saturday, 148; Thursday, ' 22. ' GORE, This Day. For the Gore Mayoralty, Mr. j M'Dougall was re-elected, polling 600 votes, against 302 for Mr. Burrows. j Mataura Mayoralty : Lowden, 251; Brown, 206. DUNEDIN, This Day. Mayoral elections.—St. Kilda : Scurr, 1055; Dove, 815. Port Chalmers : Tait, 476; Scollay (present Mayor), 467; Powell, 70. . TAUMARUNUI, This Day. Mayoral election : A. S. Laird, 346; j Rev. J. E. Ward, 250. ' j WAIHI, This Day. | Tho sitting Mayor, Mr.- D. Donaldson, was re-elected for a second term. ■ ' The proposal for the establishment of ] a fire boaxd was carried by,a large .majority; ...•■' „ :, ■ . TAURANGA, This Day. The result of the Mayoral election was : J. C. Adams (292) defeated C. E. MacMillan, the sitting Mayor (276). The following council was elected : C. Whiting, T. Tanner, Dr. T. Stuart, S. Pemborton, M. Ashton, W. Crump, J. ■ Murdoch, J. Crichton, and J. Murray, j For tho Harbour .Board J. G. Green and B. C. Robbins were elected,, the latter defeating A. W. Carmichaelbyfive HASTINGS,. This Day. The Mayoral election resulted:—H. Lan Siro'son, 1415; William Hart (retiring Mayor), 1381. OHAKUNE, This Day. The voting for the Mayoralty resulted —Barry, 212; Christie, 179; Gould, 128.