MUNICIPAL POLLING

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 May 1933, Page 5

MUNICIPAL POLLING

Keen interest was taken in the elec-tion-of four members to represent the Borough of Greymouth on the Grey Hospital Board, and the contest resulted in the re-election of Mrs. O’Brien, and Messrs Barrowman and Kyle, while J the new member is Mr. J. B. Kent; who replaces Mr. R. E. Clarke, the latter not being a candidate' for re-election. The polling for the Hospital Board, at Greymouth, was characterised by the large number of informal' ’ votes, totalling 195; On past occasions, the chief informality has been that electors have voted for more than the required number of representatives. Out of a total number of 3090 persons on the main and supplementary rolls, 1827 went to the polling booths. Had the weather been favourable, the * total would probably have been con-siderably-increased. As the returns came to hand, they were pbtsed at the “Star” Office, by the courtesy of the Returning Officer, and attracted much attention. The figures from Blaketown were the first received, and the remainder were completed at 10 p.m.; when Mr. Denton.' announced the results at the Town Hall; ' - There are ten declarations to be opened, but these cannot affect the results. The checking of the rolls for possible cases of dual voting, etc., was commenced, this afternoon and will be'followed by the checking of the bal-lot-papers. The scrutiny occupied < two days, after the 1931 election, and will be a bigger task on the present occasion. Mr; Denton stated that it maybe completed on Saturday night. The detailed results of the voting are as follow: — GREYMOUTH MAYORALTY

AFTER THE POLL. CANDIDATES RETURN THANKS Shortly after the results were announced, speeches were made from the Town Hall entrance, by a number of the candidates for the Borough Council and the Hospital Board. The audience was small, not exceeding 100. The first speaker was the Mayor (Mr. J. W. Greenslade), who said that he sincerely fhanked his supporters, and appreciated their help very much indeed. The magnificent support he had received must Have been •accorded from all sections of the community, and that was what he appreciated very much indeed —to think that there were no sectional differences, and that all came with .the one purpose, to do tlieir very best for the community they were serving. All he could say was that he appreciated the very fine support he had received. He would continue to do his very best, during the next two years, in the interests of the town generally, serving all parties and sections without fear or favour. He knew it wss hard to individualise, but one of the old and respected Councillors had been defeated. Mr. Carroll had given good work, which was appreciated very much indeed. The speaker was sorry to see that he had been defeated. Mr. Greenslade again returned thanks for the very fine support accorded him, and hoped that the confidence placed in him would be justified. “Is Mr. Turley here?” asked the Mayor. There was no appearance of his opponent. Cr. Kitchingham stated that he first stood for election to the Borough Council, ten years ago, and, because he took a very decided stand on certain matters, he “just squeezed in by the skin of his teeth.” That night, he was in the proud position of being placed at the top of the poll, and he thanked all who voted for him. Right through the piece, he said, he had dealt fairly by every section of the community, and had judged every matter which

RESULTS FROM ALL CENTRES MR. GREENSLADE’S EASY WIN The biennial elections in municipalities throughout New Zealand tpojc place yesterday, and 1 provided many interesting contests For the Mayoralty of GreymoutH, Mr. j. W? Greenslade easily ds|eate(|lsr. F. L. Turley, and thus commences his fourth term of office. Mr. F. A. Kitchingham replaces Mr’ X B. Kent, as Deputy-Mayor. The only change in the Greymouth Borough Cpuncil is the election of Mr. F. F. Boustridge, and the defeat of Mr. A. M. Carroll.

- came before him, as fairly and honest- > ly as possible. He intended to follow ' that course in future. It did not mat- • ter what came before him —from friend ■ or opponent—he would give it the fairest and most honest consideration possible. ' Cr. Kent said that he sincerely thanked his supporters for again placing him so high on the poll, and also for giving him a place on the Hospital Board. In the coming two years he would endeavour to do his best in the interests of the whole community. He would try to work for them bn the Hospital Board, and on the Council, as he had done in the past. He sincerely thanked his friends for their continued support. Cr. Williams said that, like his fel-low-Councillors, he could only promise to act- in the future as in the past. He was mostly concerned with the working of the Council, and did not profess to be a financier. From the works part of the concern, he would do his level best to further the interests of the town, to push it ahead, and to uphold his dignity as well as he possibly could. Cr. Robertson said that he thanked those who supported him, very sincerely. He would‘continue to work for the ratepayers, as he had done in the past. He was very sorry that Mr. Carroll was not with them again, as he had been a very capable Councillor. Cr. Robertson again expressed his thanks for the support accorded him. The Mayor announced that Cr. McGinley was unable to be present.

Cr. Neville stated that, when he came before them two years ago, his one desire was to serve the town. They had now put him a little higher on the poll, and that confidence would not be misplaced. " - Cr. Boustridge said that he came before the audience with rather mixed feelings; while successful for the Borough Council, he had been unsuccessful for the Hospital Board. He sincerely thanked all -who had supported him for the Council.' While he was not successful for the Hospital Board, he was grateful for the support given him. To come sixth on the list was not a bad result, for a first effort. He sincerely thanked them, and : assured them that his efforts during the next two years would be directed wholly and solely towards the benefit of the town of Greymouth. Mr. Carroll said that, as one of the defeated candidates, he thanked those who supported him, for the w r ay they had worked. As he was not returned, of course he made no promises! He congratulated others on being elected, and said he felt sure that the work of the Council would be carried on just as well, whethei - he was there or not. The past two years had been fairly progressive, from the town’s point of view, and, with the programme set out, considerable further improvement would be shown, in two years’ time. In conclusion, Mr. Carroll thanked the speakers for their comlimentary remarks, and wished the new Council every success. Mr. McCarthy declared that he occupied a rather unique position, that night. He had had four attempts to get on the Council, and each time had been rejected. Mr. Carroll had been kicked out, after a trial, but that was the way with local bodies —men were in one term, and out the next. It was a case of “in again, out again.” A voice: More outs than ins! Mr. McCarthy added that they really did not know where they were. He had expected to get in, this time, but he would try again. He was a candidate for the next election. (Laughter). “I take my defeats on my feet,” said Mr. McCarthy, “and when I have a success, you will hear something. If you return me, next time, you will hear a speech the like of which you have not heard before!” (Laughter).

HOSPITAL BOARD Mr. Barrowman thanked the electors for again returning him, at the top of the poll, as one of their* representatives on the Hospital Board. He could assure them that the Board, for the next two years, had something to grapple with. They must have a children's ward, and, if the proposed centralisation of hospitals came into being, they had to get down to solid business. The eyes of the ratepayers were on the actions of every member of the Board. He hoped that he could again come before them, and still enjoy the confidence they had placed in him on this occasion. Mr. Kyle said that he felt honoured at the confidence again placed in him. He stood, two years ago, for the first time in politics, and was now second from the top of the poll. He said, at first, that he was quite prepared to resign his seat, if he failed in any of his promises. He reckoned that he had not slacked during the past two years; he had worked honestly in the ratepayers’ interests, at the same time not forgetting the sick, the needy, and the distressed. The Board had had its troubles, but had come through them, had wiped off a very large liability, and had a balance of £BOO odd. They had also made big improvements. Lovely shacks had been built for the unfortunate consumptives, gardens had been laid out, the X-ray equipment had been improved, and improvements had been made in many other directions, without Incurring any debt on the ratepayers. During the coming two years, they would strive to lessen the rates very substantially, at. the same time not neglecting the sick and needy, who were always first. He thanked the electors very much for the honour conferred upon him, and hoped that their confidence would not be misplaced. Mrs. O’Brien said she sincerely thanked all those who supported her at the poll, and again elected her as a representative on the Board. She

could conscientiously say that she would try to serve, faithfully and well, those people who had placed so much confidence in her. She thanked all those who had helped and supported her.

Mr. Mosley said he could assure them that being placed fifth on the poll ‘ was far beyond what he expected. It was his first time before them, as a candidate for any local body, and he was not exactly surprised that he had not been elected. He could assure them that there was no ill-feeling whatever, at his not having been elecr- , ed. He thanked sincerely those who supported him, at the same time not having any grudge against those who did not. The people were entitled to exercise their own choice. If he saw fit to come before them, in two years’ time, he" might be successful. The Mayor thanked those present for their attendance. The day had been'"bad, and' it spoke volumes for the people of the town, that they had voted in such large numbers, and had taken, such an intelligent interest in the working of the district generalMr. Greenslade also expressed appreciation of the Returning Officer and his staff, who had completed an • arduous job satisfactorily and in good r time. A vote of appreciation was car- ’ ried by acclamation. I The Mayor'then invited the candi--1 dates to Station 3ZR, to say a few L words to the people who were listening in, and wishing to hear their : “melodious voices.” BRUNNER. Much interest was aroused in the contest for the Mayoralty at Brunner, but it resulted in the re-election of Mr J. Smeaton, by a substantial majority. Mr Smeaton was also re-elected to the Grey Power Board, as the Brunner representative. Mr R. McTaggart was , re-elected, by a convincing majority, to represent the combined Boroughs ■ of Brunner and Runanga, on the Grey Hospital Board. Details are as follow:

MAYORALTY. J. Smeaton 300 F. Williams 215 Majority I'ls BOROUGH COUNCIL. A. McLagan 328 R. Fordham 321 T. Harper .. 289 W. Barber .. 289 W. Guthberlet 288 J. Devlin 288 (Elected.) W. P. Nimmo 275 D. Kennedy 268 J. H. McNeish 254 J. H. Roberts 227 T. Morgan 223 J. Pender 201 POWER BOARD. J. Smeaton 306 W. Carse 271 Majority 35 HOSPITAL BOARD. The figures for the election of representative on the Hospital Board for the combined boroughs of Runanga and Brunner are as follow: — Run. Brun. Total. R. M’cTaggart .. 499 498 988 J. Dowling .... 68 87 155 Informal 4 '— 4 Majority for McTaggart—B33.

RUNANGA. The voting at Runanga resulted in the re-election of Mr R. McTaggart as Mayor, and he was also re-elected to the Grey Hospital Board, by an overwhelming majority. Mr H. Duggan was re-elected as the representative on the Grey Power Board. The members of the Borough Council were reelected. A rush of voters in the closing stages proved too much for the capacity of the polling booth, and the returns were late in being announced. The figures are as follow: —

MAYORALTY. McTaggart, R 451 Connel, J. K 117 Informal 3 BOROUGH COUNCLI. Bowes, T 452 Duggan, H 430 Oakley, F. J 404 Williams, T. S 391 Southward, R 330 Price, J. H. 267 Elected.) English, G. E 256 Graham, E 191 Kitchener, J. W 188 Walker, T 138 Informal 33 POWER BOARD. Duggan, II 400 English, G 135 Price, J. H. .. 22 Informal 14 HOSPITAL BOARD. McTaggart, R 499 Dowling, J 63 Informal .. ... . . * 4 KUMARA. The voting at Kumara resulted in the defeat of the sitting Mayor, Mr A. B. Spiers, by Mr H. Hamer. Following are the detailed results: — MAYORALTY. Hamer, H 138 Spiers, A. B 101 COUNCIL. Inglis, W 185 Reedy, J 175 Burrell, R 161 Keating, J 157 McFarlane, J 149 Murphy, J 148 Peever, J. A 141 McEnaney, G 128 McDonald, P 125 (Elected.) / Wise, F 122 Stewart, W 119 Informal 2 Declaration votes . . .. 7 Mr Hamer returned thanks to all those' who had supported him, particularly his nominators and those who had signed the petition requesting him to stand. He said that he had not sought the position, but felt that he should stand in the public interest. He assured everyone of his disinterested service, and trusted that his future actions would justify the support afforded him. Referring to his opponent, Mr Spiers, he mentioned the

latter’s long service on behalf of the borough, during which time he had given of his best. He trusted that he would receive the support of Mr Spiers and that of his friends, on any matter brought forward for the benefit of the town. He promised to go carefully into the finance of the borough, in view of the larger questions of electric lighting and water supply. The electors had had i heir say, and, of course, the majority must rule, but he hoped that all woul 1 pull together for the benefit of the town.

Mr Spiers thanked all those who had ° supported him, as well as those who t did not. He mentioned that he had 3 been Mayor of Kurmtra for eight years. 3 and he hoped that ! is successdr would S’ do as much for the borough as he had ’ done. All other councillors briefly returnt ed thanks. 1 r HOKITIKA I 1 [OUB OWH COCBFSPON’DINT.] t HOKITIKA, May 4. Owing to the cold, inclement L weather, the polling yesterday was not ’ as heavy as it otherwise would have i been. There was a surprise or two. ■ The results are as follow: — BOROUGH COUNCIL Thompson, J. A. .. .. 553 Stuart, D. P. .. .. 546 McGavin, M. .. .. 541 Elcock, A. R. . . .• 540 King, James .. • • 512 Duff, T. W. .. -- 477 Heinz, G. .. • • 476 Teichelmann, E. .. 457 Armstrong, A. C. - - 442 Cuttance, J. . • • • 380 Heenan, E. W. .. • • 355 Informal 12 The first nine were declared elected. The two new members are Mr. Arnold J. Thompson and Mr. M. McGavin, while Mr. Heenan, of the old Council was not re-elected. HOSPITAL BOARD For the Westland Hospital Board, the Rev. H. J. W. Knights headed the poll with 532 votes, H. McGavin 426, T. W. Duff 424, J. Fox 363, E. W. Heenan 298. Informal 28. Mr. McGavin replaced Mr. Heenan on the Board. Messrs Thompson, McGavin and Stuart gave short addresses. WESTPORT. WESTPORT, May 3. Keen interest was taken to-day in the Westport Mayoral election, in which, there were four candidates. The voting was as follows: — John Kilkenny 482 John Menzies 450 George Scandrett 297 Cliff Thomas 254 The new Mayor, Mr Kilkenny, has not previously held public office, but is recognised as a keen business man. The following were elected unopposed to the Council: E. R. Fox, W. T. Caldwell, J. Radford, F. C. Roche, O. L. Nahr, .1. M. Robertson, G. Taylor, S. Higgins, J. W. Stowell. Messrs j C. H. Thomas, J. Menzies. H. R. Young , and A. G. Marshall, members of the old council, did not seek re-election. For the Hospital Board, two nominations were received from sitting members, and these have been reelected, viz., Messrs E. R. Fox and W. T. Caldwell. There is one seat to fill, as Mr C. H. Thomas, the other sitting ( member, did not seek re-election. c

SOUTH ISLAND CENTRES CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH, May 3. For the Mayoralty of Christchurch Mr. D. G. Sullivan, M.P., the sitting Mayor was re-elected by a majority of 7956. The--figures were:—D. G. Sullivan (Lab.) .. 18,345 L. C. Walker (Ind.) .. 10,389 Majority '.. . . . . 7,956 LYTTELTON CHRISTCHURCH, May 3. At Lyttelton, the sitting Mayor, Mr. Sutton was defeated. The polling was as follows: — AV. T. Lester . . .. 988 F. E. Sutton . . . . 782 DUNEDIN DUNEDIN, May 3. The voting at the Mayoral election was as follows: — Rev. E. T. Cox . . . . 10,742 R. S. Black (sitting) . . 8,782 F. AV. Mitchell . . . . 6,195 M. O’Rorke . . .. 213 C. M. Moss . . . . 102 INVERCARGILL INVERCARGILL, May 3. For the Mayoralty the voting was: John Miller (sitting) .. 5,413 J. D. Campbell . . . . 3,179 The half holiday poll resulted: — Saturday (present half holiday) . . . . 5229 Wednesday .. . . 3,477 TIMARU . TIMARU, May 3. The Mayoralty election resulted: — T. AV. Satterthwaite (sitting) 2,935 AV. Angland .. ■ • 2,121 A. Kennedy . . • • 768 GORE AND MATAURA. GORE, May 4. The Gore Mayoralty resulted: — A. T. Newman (sitting) . . 1159 W. D. Shelton . . . . 574 Wednesday Half-holiday 1128, Saturxlay 577. Mataura Mayoralty resulted: — C. D. McConnel (sitting) . . 370 J. T. Griffiths . . .. 340 WAI MATE. WAIMATE, May 4. Mr George Dash, who has served for a total period of ten years, a Borough record, was returned unopposed for the Mayoralty. NELSON NELSON, May 3. Mr. W. J. Moffat was elected unopposed as Mayor of Nelson. By three to one, Nelson carried the proposal to establish a fire board. H. V. Kelly was re-elected Mayor of Richmond'. R. J. L. York was reelected Mayor of Motueka. BLENHEIM. BLENHEIM, May 4. For the Mayoralty, Mr M. McKen'zie was elected unopposed. PICTON. BLENHEIM, May 4. For tho Picton Mayoralty, Mr G. J. Riddell defeated the sitting Mayor, Mr J. L. Jones.

| NORTH ISLAND CENTRES. AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, May 3. In a keen contest G. W. Hutchison, Citizens’ Association candidate, was re-elected Mayor of Auckland for his second term. The voting was as follows:— G. W. Hutchison 10.651 H. G. R. Mason, M.P. (Lab.) .. All of the suburban Mayors were reelected. AUCKLAND, May 4. A feature of the civic erections was the re-election of all the sitting Mayors, changes in personnel of nearly every council, and Labour’s gains in the city.'Of 43,712 voters on the city roll, only 21,327 voted, or under 49 per cent. Mayor Hutchison (whose re-election was universally expected) had his majority over the same opponent reduced from 4195 to 442. The new council comprises twelve nominees of the Citizens’ Association, eight Labour, and T. Bloodworth, Labour ’supporter, who stood as an Independent. Five sitting councillors were rejected. E. J. Phelan (Labour) topped the poll with 10,286, and a Communist, G. Dale, was bottom with 2380. Mrs preaver (Labour) was elected to the Hospital Board at the expense of one of the sitting members. The chairman, W. Wallace, topped the poll with 13,537 votes. There was surprise in the Harbour Board poll, two of three members who sought re-election being defeated, including the deputy-chairman, J. B. Johnston. The three new r members are E. H. Davis, W. A. Donald, and J. Sayegh (Labour).

WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, May 3. Mr Hislop was returned unopposed for the Wellington Mayoralty. GISBORNE.' GISBORNE, May 3. The Gisborne Mayoralty resulted: — John Jackson (Citizens’ Can.).. 2657 D. W. Coleman, M.P. (Lab.) (sitting) 2300 S. V. Beaufoy (Unofficial Lab.).. 849 Mr. John Jackson is a native of the West Coast, and resided for some years at Maori Creek, where' he was engaged in mining. About 30 years ago, he came to Greymouth, as secretary to the Waterside Workers’ Union. He also became a member of the Greymouth Borough Council, and the School Committee. He resigned the secretaryship of the Waterside Workers’ Union, when he was appointed Inspector of Labour. He was transferred to a similar position at Wanganui, and later at Gisborne. He retired last year from the Labour Department, and visited the West Coast, prospecting for three months at Maori Creek, before returning to Gisborne. NEW PLYMOUTH. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 3. In the Mayoral election, E. R. C. Gilmour defeated the sitting Mayor, H. V. S. Griffiths. The voting was: — Gilmour 2839 Griffiths 2088 PALMERSTON NORTH. PALMERSTON N., May 3. The main interest in the election today centred in the Hospital Board election, when Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., was defeated by Mr J. Hodgens, the Labour nominee. Mr Nash had held the seat for many years. Mr A. E. Mansford was elected Mayor unopposed,

WANGANUI. WANGANUI, May 3. The Wanganui Mayoral election resulted:— N. G. Armstrong (siting Mayor) 4814 J. 11. Hogan 3888 Majority for Armstrong .. 926 HAW ERA. IIAWERA, May 3. The Hawera Mayoralty election resulted : — J. E. Campbell 959 AV. G. Simpson 605 Informal 11 Majority for Campbell . . . . 354 OTAKI. WELLINGTON, May 3. The Mayoral election final figures at Otaki were: — C. S. Atmore 488 T. O’Rourke 487 PETONE. WELLINGTON, May 3. The Petone Mayoral election resulted:— D. McKenzie .1787 J. AV. McEwen 566 G. Findlay 457 LOWER HUTT. WELLINGTON, May 3. For the Mayoralty the final voting figures for Lower Hutt, were as follow:— J. W. Andrews 1963 A. Mcßain 865 J. B. Young 279 A. Avery 97 UPPER HUTT. WELLINGTON, May 3. The Upper Hutt Mayoralty resulted: A. J. McCurdy 562 P. Robertson 553 J. Blewman 435 EASTBOURNE.

WELLINGTON, May 3. The Mayoral contest at Eastbourne resulted': — AV. Wise 604 S. F. Fisher 450 CARTERTON. MASTERTON, May 3. The Carterton Mayoralty resulted: AV. Fisher (retiring Mayor) 400 E, McKenzie 313 For the Council all the retiring members were re-elected. WAIROA. AV Al ROA, May 3. Air 11. L. Harker, the sitting Mayor, was returned by over a. two to one majority, over Mr J. Corkill. The voting was: — H. L. Harker 810 J. Corkill 386 Majority 424 In connection with the return of Mr. Harker, as Mayor, an interesting feature is that he is the Mayor in the four municipalities affected by the disastrous earthquake, to be returned. Yesterday’s poll was a record for this borough, and the total reaches over 1200.

NAPIER AND HASTINGS. NAPIER, May 3. Tho Mayoralty contest resulted: — C. O. Morse . . . . 4110 J. V. Brown (retiring Mayor) . . 1808 At Hastings, the Mayoralty voting was: — G. A. Maddison . . . . 4247 G. F. Roach (retiring Mayor) .. 1388 DANNEVIRKE. DANNEVIRKE, May 4. For tho Mayoralty,, Marcus D. Smith, was re-elected unopposed. Council: S. McNabb, C. J. Hansard, E. Gibbard, A. N. Blakiston, J. E. Tyler, W. Dobson, W. McKinnon, F. AV. Smith, D. D. Glover. There were twelve candidates. Messrs. Blakiston. and Tyler are new members. TAURANGA. TAURANGA, May 4. Mayoral election: A. F. Tunks 747, defeated the sitting Mayor B. C. Robbins 263. ■Wednesday was retained as the half holiday by 685 against Saturday’s 507. WAIPUKURAU. WAIPUKURAU, May 4. Municipal elections resulted: Mayor: I. W. N. Mackie (elected). There were two candidates. The retiring Mayor was not a contestant. Half-holiday: Wednesday was retained by 518 to Saturday’s 419.

DARGAVILLE. DARGAVILLE, May 4. Dargaville elections resulted: — Mayoralty:—A. Jones (sitting) 537. T. C. Gould 341. Mr Jones was returned for Mayor for the fifth time in succession, a local record. STRATFORD. STRATFORD, May 4. In the Municipal election, J. AV. McMillan defeated Percy Thomsen (sitting Mayor) with a majority of one vote. An official recount is proceeding.

o o O : CS W S Ph c "cj o 72 o o Eh EH M Eh Greenslade, J. W. 813 294 282 115 1501 Turley,. F. IZ .. 195 32 23 41 291 ? 'Informal 24 1 2 32 Totals 1032 331 306 158 1827 Declarations 8 1 1 — 10 GREY BOROUGH COUNCIL © © o £ c £ J © © rH - © Eh EH p ffl Eh Kltchingham, F. A. 733 268 269 112 1382 Kent, 'J.. B 774 238 231 121 1364 Dawn, F. B 697 o?;j: 251 107 1310 Williams, R. .1. 700 221 240 113 1284 Robertson, J. S. .. 655 235 231 108 1229 McGinley, J. 674 222 205 109 1210 Neville; C. 644 222 248 96 1210 Boustridge, F. F. .. 650 232 216 106 1204 Perotti, G 626 212 186 90 1114 (Elected) Carroll; A. M. 629 201 181 88 1’102 McCarthy, A. 444 125 97 74 740 Informal 1 13 Totals 1032 331 305 158 1826 Declarations 8 1 1 — 10 • GREY HOSPITAL BOARD o © s —H © U2 cc K Ph * •*-4 r*n r-* -■ * o V ■mH E-i H P 'E-l Barrowman, R. A. 531 200 182 87 1000 Kyle, J 505 191 194 56 946 O’Brien, K. T. 542 161 124 90 917 Kent. J. B 527 145 137 82 891 (Elected) Mosley, A 362 141 162 71. 736 Boustridge, F. F. .. 382 153 125 50 710 Perotti, G 243 83 67 39 432 Turley, F. L. 189 41 29 37 296 Informal 117 28 30 20 195 Totals 1036 332 301 158 1827 Declarations 8 1 1 — 10