AFTER THE ELECTIONS

Evening Star, Issue 20972, 10 December 1931, Page 10

AFTER THE ELECTIONS

FINALS OF DUNEDIN SEATS INCREASED MAJORITIES IN WEST AND SOUTH All votes east in the Dunedin district have now been recounted and the latest final returns give increased majorities both to the Hon. W. Downio Stewart (Dunedin West) and Mr Fred Jones (Dunedin South). The final returns are:— DUNEDIN WEST. Hon. W. Downio Stewart (R.C.) 5,016 John Gilchrist (Lab.) 4,092 J. AUDouald (Ind. Lib.) 588 Absentee, seamen, declaratory, and postal votes were east as follow; Air Stewart, 346; Air Gilchrist, 160; Air Al‘Donald, 26. DUNEDIN SOUTH. Frederick Jones (Lab.) 6,559 W. B. Taverner (U.C.) , 2,915 D. C. Cameron (I.) 1,947 Absentee, seamen, declaratory', and postal votes were cast as follow: Mr Jones, 338; Air Taverner, 208; Air Cameron, 114. MR GLINKARB HOLDS ROTORUA [Per United Press Association-! ROTORUA, December 10. The final figures in the Rotorua election are:— C. H. CLINKARD (U.C.) 3,117. A. F. Honour (Lab.) ... 3,060 D. R. F. Campbell (C.) 1,411 E. E. Valle (R.) ... 1,815 Informal 61 Mr Clinkard, whose majority was only 8 after polling day, secured a majority of 35 in the absentee and postal voting* and his full majority is 59. The Kaipara final is: — 'v, Rt. Hon. J. G. COATES (R.) 5,008 H. E. Robinson (C.) ... 2,924 Informal ... .1. ... 23 Alajority, 2,084. The Egmont final is: C. H. WILKINSON (I.) 4,409 F. Gawith (R.C.) ... 2,992 Informal 30 OTHER ELECTORATES RANGITIKEI. A. Stuart (R.C.) 4,160 J. T. Hogan (I.) ■ 4,147 TEMUKA. T. D. Burnett (R.C.) ... ... 4,737 T. H. Langford (1.L.) 3,500 TIMARU. C. Carr (Lab.) 5,407 H. N. Armstrong (R.) 4,587 H. W. Hall (U.C.) 1,165 CHRISTCHURCH NORTH. H. Holland (R.C.) 5,527 Airs E. R. AUCombs (Lab.) ... • 3,300 L. C. Walker (I.) 3,203 PALMERSTON NORTH. J. A. Nash (R.C.) 6,465 J. Hodgeus (Lab.) 5,220 GOOD PICKING STATE OF PARTIES PREDICTED. [Special to the ’ Star.’] CHRISTCHURCH, December 10. Writing to Sir Henry Wigram two or three days before the recent General Election, Air Samuel Saunders, of Wellington, who for a quarter of a century' was editor of tho ‘ Lyttelton Times,’ predicted that the approaching contest would result in the return of fifty Coalitionists, including the four Maori meihbers, and _ thirty Labourites and Independents, in the ratio of twenty'-four and six. This was exactly the result with which the polling concluded. That it was great picking may be judged from another paragraph in Air Saunders’s letter: “ Yesterday',’’ it runs, “ I moved around in the interests of people more closely concerned about the result of the polling than I am, and 1 was a little alarmed by the confidence of the ‘ thirty’ group ’ and the anxiety of tho ‘ fifty'.’ Tho Coalition Uniteds have much less confidence than have the Coalition Reformers, and personally I would not be surprised if Air Coates should emerge from the trial of strength with a party (still loyal to tho Coalition, of course) witli a majority' of ten over Air Forbes. ” This prediction was also realised.