PETONE

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 100, 28 April 1921, Page 9

PETONE

MR. M'EWAN MAYOR FOR FURTHER TERM. There was a triangular contest for the Mayoralty at Petone, and Mr. J. W. M'Ewan, who has been Mayor of the borough for fourteen years, had an e;isy victory. Ho failed by 184 votes to secure a complete majority over his two opponents combined. The result was :— M'Ewan, John William ... 1021 M'Kenzie, David 640 Pere, Albert 565 I Details of tho voting are appended:— M'Ewan M'Kenzie Pevc Oddfellows' Hall ... 633 439 407 Orange Hall : 370 174 150 Korokoro ..;. 18 27 8 Each of the candidates returned thanks from the balcony of the Municipal Buildings. Mr. M''JSwan said there '

was need for a go-slow policy during the next two years on account of the tightness of the money market. Cheers were given for all the candidates. THE COUNCIL FIGURES. A feature of the council election was that only one Official Labour nominee, Mr. J. L. Churchouse, was returned. Mr. Churchouse was second. Two sitting Labour councillors vipie defeated. The results are as follow, the first nine being elected :— ' BedingSeW, D. S. 1481 Churchouse, J. L 1144 Hay, William 1111 Brocklcbank, C. V 1099 Cook, Cito 1097 Ford, M 1030 J<m£S, R. H 1029 Anderson, A 984 Hartley, R. A 937 Ackroyd, A 920 Tovey, E 902 Kyle, J : 882 Scholefield, A 656 Edwards, W. H 574 M'Cullough, W 541 Spurr, A 521 Garrett, G 346

Of tho old council Mr. W. Cox did rot seek re-election, and Messrs. E. Tovey and J. Kyle were defeated. The new councillors are Messrs. Ford, Jones, and Hartley.