YESTERDAY'S POLLINGS

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 April 1925, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S POLLINGS

t.-IR-'.ig'l.j < POWER BOARD RESULT

1 i.7*’’ ~'• ■■ -• G- • ’^.’ '•■ ; - g.'' MR. DOOSAN DEFEATED

' ‘As the hour /for closing the Grey Power Board ejection- poll drew .near last evening, matters > assumed a livelier, aspect thati had been the case all day. Knots of people, were, to be seen gathering <’ outside V the Town Hall, mostly aiscussing tfie 'cliances ’of the respective ,- candidates. The general concensus of opinion was that the re,tiim of Messrs O’Brien and. Green-, slade was pretty sure, whilst possiblythe honour, of third place lay between Messrs Doogan and Tennent. When figures were annoupped. Showing' Mr in tile lead, with Mn Greenslftde .second and Mr Tennent third, the figures were taken as being indicative of the whqle poll. Thia estit mate proved correct, ■ for when ( the final figures were read, jt Was seen that Mr~O’Brien, who headed the poll, had been the majority of 315 over the vote.? of the ne^rdsf’’sitting member (Mr D. Tennent), whilst Mr J. W. Greenslade, who supported the samd platform as Mr O’Brien, was onh 23 votes off hegcjftig the poll. Mr H. *F. Doogan, the former Chairman of-the Board, was defeated. ,ta / The complete reauty of the ppllipg was as follows *

Q’B.riep 874 - :J: ; W. ’Greensla s de ... 852 :; D, Tennent ’ ... . ... 559 ‘ 'i H. F. Doogan ~... ..... 48.3 * . H. J?'BignelT '' 406 ' ’ G.Perotti , 378 y ~ Informal . ... 11. The. voting recorded -at the various polling booths _was as follows : —BLAKETOWN. <- . 1 /O’Brien- .... ( ... 47 1 ( .Greenslade 33 ./Tehfient .'•• — 24 • .Doogan ... 20 :;//Bignfell u ... 1 16 y‘Perotti ... ... .. ••• 16 yt Informal .... ... 0 TOWN HALL (No: 1) ’ -O’Brien ... / 237 f-'Greenslade ... .... 219 7'iTennent. ••• 111 M/Bignell ... . ... ... 105 iy.Bpogaj* ... 98. 'S?Berotti' ••• 71 C- V Informal ... ... 2 \ TOWN HALL (No. 2) " . ■/O.’B.riep ■ . ••• ' 197 >/, greenslade ••• 185 ’ ’/Dbpgan ■...* ... ... 11,3 y'-Tenhpnt' ... ■■ ■ 100 '.yPerotti: ' .... ... 82 . ... .••_ ’ ••• 95 informal v ... ... 2 'ii . - ’ J •?;' ; TOWN . lIALL ’ (No. 3) WBjien/f..,---. ••• - 174 Greenslade .... ... 169 y dEerineht /’... • ~. ... 106 yDoogaji;' ........ ... 100 ■ ' ... .■’■x’Bignell.;, ..... —. 84 > - / .TECHNICAL SCHOOL. ;. • /..Greenslade . ••• ••••; 2.46 ;-O’Brien '...' ••• ••• 219 ••• ; Dopgan ... 15; • /Perofti'''.<• ' 124 •"Bigriell ..y* ' 196 < y : inform Bl . ;• • y. ~..

As soon as the final' results were,, announced bv. the Returning Officer, • Mr James 0 Brien mounted , the Steps at the; Toipn_ Hall and? thanked thd ‘electors’ for’.placing him'’at'.the head' of the spoil, mild’ ms friojrd Mt ' ■ nex+. He felt proud at the success he had achieved, and would“take every? care to justify his electioni '■ — ‘ /, Mr Greer'sla’de AlSo thanked the elec-tors;-for placing him second to Mr O'Rt •ip.n. He hoped they would not re. jyrafj-jheir action, and he assured them

' hfe would act in their best interests, and for the interest of the’ community generally. - ■ ■■ )ut of a total number pf 2729 elect, ors on ithe Borough roll, only 1322 appear to have recorded their votes. BRUNNER ELECTION. . >The ejection of one,member to Represent Brunner op the Grey Pqwpj Board resulted in a closely contested fight) between Messrs Walter Leitch and' Sidney Fry, the polling bejng as folio\ys ' Walter Leitch 151 Sydney Fry > 147 Majority 4 Considerable interest’‘',W?s taken in the Brunner Borough elections yesterday. The Mayoralty was contested by . Air F.‘F. Boustyidge (sitting Mayor), and Mn Fred Williams, Mr Roustiicige suffering defeat ny Lv<? votes. For the Borough Council no fewer than twelve contested the six seats. t The details of the voting tfere as follow; — MAYORALTY. F. Williams 152 F, F. Boustridge z 147 Informal 3 ? BOROUGH COUNCIL. Gilbert, Geo, 176 Smeaton, John 171 Fry, i Sidney 157 Clietwynd, W. 153 Morgan, IV. , 141 Carse, W. • 138 . t! (Elected). Harper' 135 Nicoll igb Dijton 123 - ]23 Pender z 1 115 , Thompson 112 < ' Informal - ’ ’ 1! WESTPORT HOSPITAL BOARD. 1 • WESTPORT, April 29. The ; only elections here to-day .were , for the Hospital Board, there being five candidates for three seats. The voting was—0. N. Greenland. 567 1 W. Caldwell ' ‘ 484 E. R. Fox , 425 Airs Patterson 389 Rev’ A. Miller ’' ’ ' 258 CHRISTCHURCH AIAYORALTY. (Per- Prea* r AssociatTqn.J CHRISTCHURCH, April 29. Til the Mayoralty election, the dinal figures are : — Rev. J. K. Archer (Labour) 9069 J. A. Flesher (sitting Alay1 or, Citizens’) 7953 J. W. Beanland (Independent) 4409 Joseph Hamlet (Independent) 1142 Majority for Archer 1116 The new Mayor, Mr Archer, addressing the'c'rpw^,'said he took it that his election was, first of all, a victory for thp Labour Party,- and secondly a v:c_ tory for himself. At the call of Air BulliVftn, ALP., three hearty cheers were given foi- the first Labour Mayor of Christchiifch. ; Mr Flesher received a mixed i-ecep-. tion. and was heard with difficulty, amidst a great uproar.

The Rev. J. K. Archer, the new Mayor wgs born in Leicostershire (England) in 1865. After- .receiving a primary school education, he went to the Market Bosworth School, -and subsequently gained seven years’ business experience, followed by four years’ professional training for the Baptist Ministry' at Nottingham University College and / Nottingham Baptist College. He served as a member of tho Baptist clergy 1r England

apd came to New, Zealandsixteen years .ago,] and Qhristchuuch si,x years qgq.qln England ;Ke Qecupied many publ(c positions,-jis.,he liatl done since com|ng to {the Dpminiqfi. During the Great/ War ’ he was. Military K Chaplin; at Tauherenikau payip, gsd volunteered on three qqcqsions for active' 1 -service, lieinjf -turned down on account of his age. At the present time, he is chairman of the Sydenham School Committee. He was. a member qf ithe City .Council and. North Canierb/iry Hospital Board that’ have just gone out of office, and. until a few weeks ago, was Vice-President of the New*Zealand Labour Party. COUNCIL AND BOARDS. CHRISTCHURCH, April 30. The following have been elected to the Christchurch. City Council: D. L Sullivan 12,730, Mrs. McCombs 11,759, A. W. Beavan 11,619, W. E. Leadley 11,584, E. H. Andrews 11,538, C. P. Agar 11,040, ‘O. - W; B. Anderson 10,893, A. F. Carey 10,745, C. L. Can--10,258,' A. McKellar 10,258, C- F. Aschman 10,253, A. D. Ford 10,252, JZ N. Du.Fu 9853, F. R. Cooke 9664, F. H. Butterfield 9584, AV. J. Sim 9575. Eleven of these are representatives of the Citizens’ Association, and five 1 of the Labour Party. For the Harbour Board, those elected ;to represent the .city are: H. Holland (Citizens) 12,537, Dr. Thacker (Independent) 12,255, H. T. Armstrong (Labour) 11,736, G. Scott (Citizens) 10,544.' ‘ j The New Hospital Boat’d contains three women members.. The Foo.fi Reform candidate/ (Mr. Devereux) was second last pn (he poll. . ■ WELLINGTON MAYORALTY. WELLINGTON, April 29. The election for the Mayoralty resulted:— '] ?| O. Norwood (Citizens’) 13,101 C. Chapman (Labour) 11797 There were thirty-six candidates for 15 seats on the City Council. The following were elected: W. H. Bennett 12/501, R. A: -.Wright 12,409, H. D. Bennett 12,337, M. F. Luckie 11,810, G. A. Troup 11,633, F. W. Meadowcroft 11,546, A. L. Monteith 11,229, J. Aston 11,218, B. G. H. Burn 11,168, /J. Burps 11,897, F. W. Manton 11,027, H. A. Huggins 10,442, R. McKeen (1,754 W- Thompson 9,704, T. Fordyth 9,667. Messrs Troup, Manton, Huggins and McKeen are new members. Messrs .-Monteith and McKeen pre. Labour members. ■ For the Hospital Board, Van Stavern j headed the poll. Others elected are F. Castle, Mrs, M<sVicar, W. Appleton, C. M. Luke, J. K. Elliott, C. H. Chapman, G. /Petherick, D. Campbell, F. Bakerweil, F, H. Rennett, E. Vine, • J. H. Helliwell, and Dlrs: P. Fraser. ' ' 1 ,f '' 1 The poll for a loan of £200,000 for the ‘ extension of- the permanent paving of city streets was carried by 9,405 to 3,467,/

DUNEDIN. ■ -DUNEDIN, April 30. Mr Tapley was unopposed for .the Alayowilty. Two Sitting councillors were replaced by old councillors. Labour, with a full 1 ticket, got only Air MacManus re. turned. .He was.also elected to the Harb,our'Board. AUCKLAND. , - AUCKLAND, April 30. For the city Alayoralty, the filial count was Baildon 9325, Schmidt 5678. Civic ' Square : ■ For 4487, against 5276.1 The new members of the City Council are:—‘Couft, C. F. Bennett, Ooyle, Eady, Brownlee, and Philau (Labour). Eight of the ‘ten Labour candidate's were unsuccessful/ - -- - - '■ ’• The voting for Auckland City Council Was ? Bloodworth (L) 8794, Court 7903, Warnock 7-747, Allum 7513, Mis s Affelville 7446, Dempsey 7385, Knight 7346, Hardley 7235, Entrican 7011,-51. J. Bennett -> 6886, C. " F Bennett 6703, Uoyle 6554, Eady 6463, Donald 6259, Robertson 6124, Paterson 5114, Crookes 5923, Driqsden 5686, <L)°47O6 e 553? ’ Th P !li P swl 5326 - Phelan Suburban Alayors elected were : One. huriga, Air Lomas; Alt.'Eden, Mr Potter'(unopposed); Newmarket, Air Don. aldson. , ! ’ ’■ A loan of £12,000 for a new library at Remuera was carried, the voting being; For, 4038; against, 3924.

BALLOT PAPER ERROR. ( (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, April 29. 1? 11 /, li’ne after the opening of the poll this morningl consternation was caused among the officials at the main polling bootli at the Town Hall by the discovery that the ballot papers for the election of the, city members of the Harbour Board contained a wrong direction. These ballot papers were headed, “City of Auckland —Election of three members of the Auckland Harbour Board. ” Then followed the names of nine candidates, the voter being directed to place- a cross against the names pf the candidates for whom he ■ desired to vote. The number of members to bp returned for the city is four, and not lhe mistake was not discovered till an elector drew attention to it at about 9.30, oi- half an hour after the poll opened. By that time, two or three hundred electors had recorded their votes. After the discovery was made, the polling clerks were set to work marking out the word “three” and substituting “lour” in pencil. By that time, however, it seemed probable that many of the electors had obeyed the erroneous instruction on their and' had voted for three candidates. How many did so vote will be discovered after the papers are scrutinised to-night. ■lt is considered inevitable that the. result of this mistake will be a costly one, necessitating another election. The statement is made that it is certain that on 4 of the defeated candidates will have the election upset..

SOUTH ISLAND RESULTS. BLENHEIM. Heavy polling characterised the Blenheim elections. Mr Malcolm McKenzie (Deputy-Mayor) was elected Mayor unopposed. There were fifteen candidates for nine seats on the Council ,but at a late hour the votes were uncounted. In addition to the polls for borough representatives on the Hospital Board and Power Board, four loan proposals were submitted, viz:—(1) £5OOO for pining and filling in ditches; (2) £lO,OOO for- purchase of road machinery construction of footpaths, and re-forni. ing roads; (3) £2.500 for the erection of a traffic bridge over Taylor River (borough’s share); (4) £lOOO for a Rest Room for Women. Of these proposals the £lO.OOO loan was carried, the others being thrown out. There was a. great fight on the halfholiday question, the supporters of Wednesday and Saturday being very energetic. Saturday was carried by a si 1 list ant majnri Iy.

NELSON-.-- ’C.-.j. . ’A J ’ /•'.The/ Mayoralty election resulted : — W. Loch (sitting) 1499, H. Coltman 987, T. W. Forstdr 72.- ' -L ■ ' PICTONJ Mr Jones was elected Mayor of Picton. Saturday half-holiday was carried at Picton. • MATAURA MAYORALTY. i .... ■ •• C. R. McConnell > 320 T. b]. Quilter 2-21 OAMARU. The ( Oamaru , Mpyqypl election resulted — / McDiarmid (sitting) • 1232 W. H. Frith ' , 1162 Saturday was retained as the half holiday. '■ • ‘ ’ LYTTELTON MAYORALTY. . F. E. Sutton 7 537 W. T. Lester (sitting) 525 W. T. Foster /' 241 F. G. Norton 132 rangiora"mayoralty, • Cr. R. Mclntosli 423 W. 11. Rowse (sitting) 381 .. . -1 ■ ■ - ASHBURTON. .The fact that 'the mayoralty was contested for the first time in ten years resulted in a record poll. R. Galbraith (sitting Mayor) secured 1,059 and H. R. C. McElrca, member of the late Council 596. -The Hospital Board, election was very close; F. W. Watt (sitting member) defeating Dr. Wells (former medical superintendent)’ by twelve. The half holiday poll resulted: — Saturday 1172, Thursday 675. GORE. ■■ ' z ___ : . For the Mayoralty, D. L. Poppelwell (701). was re-elected, -defeating ,D. M, Thomson (482). INVERCARGILL. MAYORALTY. W. McChesney 50'6 C. H. Poole • 451 Wednesday half-holiday was retained by 487. A gas loan of £15,500 was carried by 420.NORTH ISLAND RESULTS. WANGAxNUI MAYORALTY. Hope Gibbons (sitting) '4062 'James Siddells 1 . 2060 A proposal to rate on unimproved values was carried by 2241 to> 1757 votes. PALMERSTON NORTH. ■«' F. J, Nathan was elected unopjxised for his second term tq the Mayoralty. Eight sitting councillors wore re-elect-ed, with the addition of Mr W. Low. NAPIER. • t j'... —. . ' For Napier Mayoralty Mr J. B. Andrew (sitting) polled 1769,, Mr J. McGrath 1122, and Mr J. Vigor Brown 788. : * '

HASTINGS MAYpRALTY. G. H. Maddison (sifting) 1983 A. AVade 643 The breakwater’ and inner harbour controversy resulted in much interest in- the election of three members of the Board from Napier, one from Hastings and one from Waipukurau. Napier returned the breakwater ticket with a good majority, and the two other seats vvere won by the inner har. bout party. ■ AVHANGAREI. For the Alayoralty, J. E. Holmes defeated L. J. Brake, by 50 votes, in a poll of two thousand. IVAIROA. . The proposal to form 4 district was carried by 375 votes to 26. TAURANGA A pqll was taken on the halt holiday question, Wednesday being chosen instead of the present Thursday, ’ by a large majority. Saturday was very poorly' supported. An informal poll was also' taken whether the Council should continue running pictures in the Town Hull as g municipal enterprise, or whether the hall should be leased. There were 618 votes for thev lease and 333 for continuance of municipal control. - ■ y -LEVIN. L, The . Alayural. election results . for Levin are: — Hobson (sitting) 471 / Goldsmith 282 GISBORNE. ' The Mayoral election resulted : — G. AV’M’rii (sitting Alayor) 2866 Fred Ball ' 1828 A (ASTERTON. • 1 1 The Mayoral election resulted: — T. Jordan (sitting Or.) 1471 ; A. Ripnon 1132 The holiday poll resulted : Saturday 1521, Thursday 981. ' A water loan' of £12,000 and a gas loan of £6OOO were both carried by 300 majority. DARGAVILLE. The municipal elections, especially for the Alayoralty. were keenlv fought. r Fhe sitting Alav’or, Air R. E Hornblow, had held the position for six

years, but was defeated by 69 votes by Mr F. A. Jones, who had the strong backing of tiie business men. The voting ,was, Jones 401, Hbrhblow 332. Eu rf. SHANNON '?< 1 Muvdqck (sitting)- ■ 3J9 •.Hyde ' 166 OTAKI. An unusual feature of the Otaki Borough Council election was that only one of the : previous Council (Air. O’Rourkp) was rp-plected,