MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 May 1919, Page 5

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

A TAME CONTEST. *' ; * _ _____ - ■ • > V* fc CITIZENS’ TICKET RE--8 TURNED. ' g As; we indicated yesterday, very Y scant interest was taken in the municipal elections in Greymouth. i The poll was not a large one, the - votes falling 317 short of what they were at the previous election. The work done by the Returning ’ Officer (Mr F. H. Denton) and his r deputies was worthy of the highest praise. There whs not a single 1 hitch during the day and the re- . turns were announced in good . time. The results of the Charitr able Aid poll were made known about nine and those of f the Borough Council about eleven 5 o’clock. , ; , , i The members of the old Council ■ who sought re-election were all successful in retaining- their seats, t the two vacancies being filled by > Messrs' McGinley and Skoglund. Mr McGinley has had previous experience on the Council, but Mr Skoglund isjnaking his debut as a cbuncßlorTTlie Labour ticket wak i unsuccessful in Securing A seat. The only change ih the Charitable Aid Board was that Mr J. Greaney (Labour) replaced Mr E. J . Smith. The position occupied by Mr W. H. Parfitt in both the Council and the Charitable Aid polls shows that the citizens recognise the valuable yet unostentatious work done by him during the past two years. After the poll had been declared, Messrs Parfitt, Skoglund. * Naylor and. Greaney addressed those present, thanking them for their confidence. Messrs Connelly and*Thomas returned thanks on behalf of the Labour Party. A vote of thanks in the Returning Officer concluded the proceedings. The details of the voting are as follows: BOROUGH COUNCIL.

CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

WESTPORT. WESTPORT, April 30. The municipal elections here to-da w caused keen interest. The results are as follow: • HARBOUR BOARD (two members re-

There were six defeated candidates. Mr Arthur Leaver was elected unopposed as Mayor, and enters upon his seventh year of office. NELSON MAYORALTY. NELSON, April 30. The City Mayoralty election resulted as follows : W. ■W. Snodgrass (sitting Mayor) 1234 W. Lock ' - 1230 BLENHEIM. BLENHEIM, April 30. For th Mayoralty, Mr Corry, the sitting Mayor, to-day defeated Mr A. McCallum ex-Mayor. The retiring Council were elected, with the exception that Mr G. Mosley was elected in the place of Mr E. Parker, who did .not stand. CHRISTCHURCH MAYORALTY. CHRISTCHURCH, April 30. The election for the Christchurch 'Mayoralty resulte das follows: Dr Thacker, M.P. (Canal League) 5943 J. j! Dougair (Citizens’ Assn.) ... 5747 J. McCombs, M.P. (Labour) ... 2306 CITY COUNCIL. The following have been elected for the Christchurch City Council Central Ward: Messrs Nicholls, Harper, McKellar, J. O. Jameson. Agar, Flesher (all nominees of the Citizens’ Association). Sydenham Ward: Messrs Burgoyne, Armstrong, Langley (all Labour), Peek (Independent). Linwood: Messrs Herbert, Sullivan, and Hunter (all Labour). St. Albans : Messrs Beanland, Andrews, Williams (Citizens’ Association). The Labour Party gains one scat on the Council. Mr E. J. Howard, one of the moat prominent Labourites in Christchurch, was deefated. WOOLSTON. CHRISTCHURCH, April 30. The Woolston Mayoral election resulted : • C. Hill 324 D. Rowse ... ••• 252 G. S. White 391 GERALDINE. GERALDINE, April 39 The sitting Mayor of Geraldine, Mr D. R. MacDonald, was re-elected to-day.

WAIMAtE MAYORALTY. W AIM ATE, April 30. Fot the Waimate Mayoralty taa present Mayor, Mr J. Dash, with 3(6 votes, was ueteated by Or. VV. S. Evans, wno polled 479' Votes. DUNEDIN MAYORALTY. DUNEDIN, April 30. The City Mayoral election resulted as follows: — Mr Begg . ... 4804 Mr BlacK 3626 Mr Gilkison ... ... 2699 Dr MacDonald 788 0 AMARU. , OAMARUj April 30. The Mayoral election resulted; — James McDiarmid (ex-Councillor)... 848 W. H. Frith 484 The Councillors elected were;— W. Clarke ... 1607 J. M, Forrester ... 10b6 J. T. Calder 1042 D. Miller ... 1041 R. Mahan * 1040 A. W. Woodward 1029 D, Sinclair ... ... ... 1021 H. G, Deal ... . 991 J. Rodman ... ;.. ... 954 C. Swinard 908 M. F. . Cooney ... ... 899 R. Snaddeir :a h. ... 870 ST. KILDA MAYORALTY. DUNEDIN, April 30 Mr Edgar, the retiring Mayor, was returned at St. Kilda. Mr Stevenson was elected at Port Chalmers. INVERCARGILL. INVERCARGILL, April 30. The Mayoral election resulted:— John Stead (re-elected) ... 1673 T. D. Lennie 1559 GORE MAYORALTY. GORE, April 30. For the Gore Mayoralty the voting was as follows : Andrew Martin ... 511 J. Q. Ray ... : 415 D. McDougall (sitting Mayor) ... 257 Thomas Rhodes .. 56 TIMARU. TIMARU, April 30. The municipal elections here vicre given an unusual interest, as six Labour candidates asked for a ticket vote. Out of nineteen candidates there were only five of the present Council, while three were former members. The results will be late. ilr' W. Raymond, solicitor, the present Deputy Mayor, was elected Mayor unopposed, the Mayor, Mr G. Manning, not standing. PALMERSTON NORTH. PALMERSTON NORTH, April 50. The Mayoral election here resulted: J. A. Nash 1664 W. Thomson ... 951 For the Council, Messrs Bealq, Broad, Crabb, Graham, Hodgens, Lancaster, Spooner and Hodder were elected. For the Hospital Board, Dr Whitaker, Mrs Gill and Mr J. A, Nash were returned. WELLINGTON.' THE MAYORALTY. WELLLINGTON, April 30. The Mayoral election resulted: Mr Luke (sitting Mayor) ... 7265 Mr Reid (Labour) 6543 Mr Barber 3615 WELLINGTON CITY. 1 WELLINGTON, This Day. For the Wellington City election the following were elected in this order subject to a re-count: —C. B. Norwood, I*. McKenzie, M. Luckie, J. Hutchison (secretary Tramways Union), J. O. Shorland, W. H. Bennett, A. R. "Atkinson, G. Frost, P. Fraser (M.P. for Wellington Central), J. M. Dale, C. H. Chapman, T. Forsyth, W. J. Thompson, J. Glover. Nine old members were re-elected. The new members include four Labourites— Messrs Fraser, Chapman, Glover and Hutchison. PEfONE. WELLINGTON; April 30. The present Mayor was successful at Petone, t(ie voting being; Mr McEwan ... ... ... 1179 Mr London ... 1051 MIRAMAR. WELLINGTON, April 30. For the Miramar Mayoralty the voting was: S. M. Stone ... 699 F. Townsend (present Mayor) ... 207 ( KARORI. WELLINGTON, April 30. The Karori Mayoral election resulted in a victory for the present Mayor. The ic- 1 suits .were as follows : , B. G. H. Burn 255 W. Skegg 228 J EASTBOURNE MAYORALTY. ] WELLINGTON, April 30. j The election for the Mayoralty resulted: J F. H. Mather 315 f P. Levi 206 | C. Russell 72 WANGANUI MAYORALTY. WANGANUI, April 30. The Mayoral election here resulted: C. E. McKay (sitting Mayor) ... L. J. Siglcy * 1472 J GISBORNE MAYORALTY. ( GISBORNE, April 30. The election for the Gisborne Mayoralty resulted : G. M. Wildish 1285 -. G.C. Munro 780 j Majority ... ... 506 j MASTERTON MAYORALTY. j MASTERTON, April 30. 3 The Mavoral election resulted : i W. H. Jackson 1427 ( Pierce Cotter 597 ( CARTERTON MAYORALTY. 1 CARTERTON, April 30. The Maoral election resulted ; W. Howard Booth ... ... 378 David Reid ... ... ... 164 HAWERA MAYORALTY. HAWERA, April 30. The Mayoral election here resulted : Dixon ... ... ... 603 McNeill ... 399 Informal ’ 11 The result of the election for Council will not be available in time to telegraph f to-night. DARGAVILLE MAYORALTY. ■ i DARGAVILLE April 39. < The Mayoral election at Dargaville re- ] suited in Mr R. E. Hornblow defeating Mr A. G. Stallworthy by 241 votes. ] DANNEVIRKE. DANNEVIRKE, This Day. The Mayoral election resulted as fallows: Anderson ..j ... ... 818 Thomson 355 WHANG AREI. ; WHANGA RET, This Dav. ; For the Mayoralty, John Samuel Den* was re-elected, defeating Donald Alexao 1 der McLeim by a majority of 100. ]

NEW PLYMOUTH. NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. t Mr Burgess was ie-electeu Mayor, 3 Ail the Labour candidates ioi; the i Borough Council, Hospital and Harbour Boards were defeated. 9, Rating on unimproved value was carried by 780 to 593, The Harbour Board loan of £300,000 was carried by a huge majority in town g and country. IN OTHER CENTRES. HAWERA, This Day. For the Mayoral election Mr Dixon was re-elected. ~ ; At Patea the results were: Christensen , 227 Hicks ... ••• 1<36 . At Foxton Mr J. Chrisall was re-elected 3 Mayor unopposed. a j lour out of five Labour candidates nominated for the Council were elected. "" AUCKLAND.' AUCKLAND, This Day. The city electors returned eighteen old. members, . thro© Labour members, and two ladies. The Mayors elected tvere as follows: Devbnport, Mr. H. 11, King; One•unga, Mr. J. Lavfj Takapuna, Mr >\ r . Bloomfield; Birkenhead, Mr. J. McPhail; Pukekohe; Mr. 11. G. Watson.

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quired.) W. T. Slee ... 871 Donald McKenzie 572 A. W. Henley 445 T. Shaw 348 F. Knight 245 HOSPITAL BOARD (three members re quired.) Arthur Leaver 932 J. W. Shanks 658 A. C. Cottrell 651 W. Caldwell 503 F. Bierno 409 T. Shaw 352 BOROUGH COUNCIL (nine members wanted.) J. Menzies 906 E. Fair * ... 811 J. Enright 800 F. S. Wood ...- 770 D. McKenzie 751 H. T. Parry 726 F. Roche 663 S. Jenkins 646 R. Weeks 632