A FAIR AND STRAIGHT FIGHT

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 106, 7 May 1931, Page 13

A FAIR AND STRAIGHT FIGHT

Shortly after 10 o'clock the retiring Mayor,- Mr. G. A. Troup, announced to those waiting at the Town Hall that though all results were not to hand the few which were still to come in could not affect the Mayoral issue, and 'it was clear that Mr. Hislop had been selected. He therefore heartily congratulated him on his achievement. Mr.' Hislop, wlio was received with applause, thanked the electors for tho support they had given him. He was *voli. aware of the responsibility of the office; he was prepared to accept it and to attempt to carry through the policy which he had laid down throughout his campaign. "There has been one very pleasing

thing about the campaign," .continued Mr. Hislop, "and that is that it has been fought between two candidates who have been friends for years, and who at the end of it are as good friends as they- were at tho beginning. ' (Applause.) There has been no suggestion of personalities, and tho fight has been a fair and straight one, but it is a matter of regret to me that it is the inevitable result that the city loses tho services of one who has served it well for veivy many years. (Applause.) I regret that as Mayor I shall not have the assistance of Mr. Luckie in the various duties which will fall upon the City Council and the Mayor in the two years coming." Mr. Hislop again thanked the electors for the great support given him, and said that he regarded tlie vote not alone as a tribute to himself, but also as a tribute to those who had gone before him, and. whose name he had the honour to bear. He hoped that he

would prove worthy of the confidence shown in him, and worthy to carry on the great name made by. his father. (Applause.) Mr. Luckie was given a great reception, and was cheered at Mr. Hislop's call. He also thanked tho many who had voted in his favour, and said that ho felt that so large a vote justified his action in contesting the Mayoralty. Like Mr. Hislop, he had no regrets, for the light had been fair and in excellent spirit,, and tho best man had won. He heartily congratulated Mr. Hislop on his win, and congratulated the city on having selected a worthy son. of a worthy sire. "It is true that I have served tho city for a great many years," said Mr. Luckie, "and it may be that I shall have at some future time an opportunity of serving it again." (Applause.) Mr. Hislop, lie concluded, would bo a worthy successor to tho man who had filled the office for the last four years, and he would need all tho assistance tho council could give him to carry out the duties as Mr. Troup had done. Cheers wore given for tho new Mayor and Mayoress, and .again for Mr. Luckie. , A little later the final results (though still subject to amendment on the count of declaration votes) were- announced:— Hislop, T. C. A. ....... 13,089 Luckie, M. P. 11,285 Majority for Hislop ...... 1,804