GREYMOUTH NOMINATIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 April 1935, Page 7

GREYMOUTH NOMINATIONS

THREE MAYORAL CANDIDATES CONTESTS FOR ALL BODIES Nominations closed at noon, to-day, for the municipal elections to be held at Greymouth on May 8, and there will be contests in each case. The Mayoralty will be contested by three candidates, there are twelve aspirants to the nine seats on the Greymouth Borough Council, ten candidates for | five seats as Borough representatives on the Grey Hospital Board, and six candidates for four seats on the Grey Power Board.

For at least twenty years, the position of Mayor has not been so greatly in demand as to attract three candidates. Mr J. W. Greenslade is not again offering his services. Mr Kitchingham was Deputy-Mayor during the term of the last Council.

Of the Borough Council candidates, Messrs Barry, Carroll, Harker, Paterson and Stent are fresh aspirants, the remainder being members of the Council which is just completing its term of office. Members not seeking re-election are Messrs F. B. Lawn, J. S. Robertson, R. Marley, F. L. Turley, and F. A. Kitchinghain, the two lastnamed being Mayoral candidates. New candidates for election to the Hospital Board are Messrs Arthur, Boustridge, Morgan, Naylor and McKane. All the previous municipal representatives are seeking re-election.

Three of the six candidates for the Power Board, Messrs Carroll, McCarthy, and McKane, were not previously members of that body. Mr J. W. Greenslade did not seek re-election. The following is a list of the candidates and their nominators: — MAYORALTY. Frederick Arthur Kitchingham, nominated by J. W. Greenslade and T. E. Coates. William Meldrum, nominated by J. Deere and O. McLean. Frederick Lovell Turley, 1 nominated by G. T. Joyce, J. J. Ryan, and Ellen Bridget McGuire. BOROUGH COUNCIL. Thomas James Joseph Barry, nominated by W. H. Parfitt, C. Fraser, F. Petherbridge, and G. E. Anderson. Francis Frederick Boustridge, nominated by J. B. Kent and J. H. Hayton. Andrew Michael Carroll, nominated by F. A. Kitchingham and P. Beck. George Ralph nominated by W. F. Harley, N. B. McCallum, A. E. Kilgour, F. Shallcrass, P. F. Thorpy, G. Walters, and L. M. Schaef. James Begg Kent, nominated by O. McLean and J. Deere. Arthur McCarthy, nominated by Mary P. Anderson, J. Goodall, and P. O’Farrell. James McGinley, nominated by T. E. Coates and W. H. Parfitt. Albert Henry McKane, nominated by R. Ramage, M. Minehan, P. G. Willis, and H. Herring. Cyril Neville, nominated by W. H. Parfitt and F. A. Kitchingham. Alfred Hughes Paterson, nominated by J. W. Greenslade and N. B. McCallum. Francis Eric Stent, nominated by A. C. Hall and J. Kyle. Richard Jones Williams, nominated by A. Naylor and W> T. Kyle. HOSPITAL BOARD. Euart Vincent Arthur, nominated by A. B. Glen and A. Mosley. Francis Frederick Boustridge, nominated by J. S. Robertson and A. Mosley. James Begg Kent, nominated by 0. McLean and J. Deere. James Kyle, nominated by T. A. W. Tate and A. M. Carroll. Albert Henry McKane, nominated by R. Ramage, M. Minehan, P. G. Willis, and H. Herring. Arthur Ernest Morgan, nominated by D. A. Cowan and H. Ashurst. Alexander Mosley, nominated by J. W., Greenslade and J. S. Robertson.

Arthur Naylor, nominated by R. R. Hall and B. E. H. Cooper. Kate Teresa O’Brien, nominated by J. Goodall, J. B. Kent, P. O’Farrell, and H. Harvey. Frederick Lovell Turley, nominated by W. F. Harley, W. H. Parfitt, and G. T. Joyce. POWER BOARD. Andrew Michael Carroll, nominated by J. W. Greenslade and T. E. Coates. James Begg Kent, nominated by 0. McLean and J. Deere. Arthur McCarthy, nominated by J. Goodall, P. O’Farrell, and Mary P. Anderson. Albert Henry McKane, nominated by R. Ramage, M. Minehan. P. G. Willis, and H. Herring. William Henry Parfitt, nominated by C. L. Kettle and T. E. Coates. Frederick Lovell Turley, nominated by W. F. Harley, G. T. Joyce, and C. G. McKechnie. RUNANGA. The Town Clerk, Runanga, reports that, owing to a clerical error the name George Edward English was inadvertently advertised as a candidate for the Grey Hospital Board. TUie name should read William Pendlebury. Mr English is a candidate for tlx; mayoralty. WESTLAND COUNTY. HOKITIKA, April 26. Nominations for the Westland County Council: — Northern Riding (two required): — William T. N. Bond, J. A. Murdoch, Bernard Ward. Central: Thomas R. Chesterman, Alfred Dale, and W. A. Jamieson, declared elected. Southern (four required): Norman H. Brown, Jas Donovan, Wm. Jeffries, Ernest. A. Kirby, John J. McKay, Wm. Searle. Hokitika. Harbour Board (two): E. W. Heenan and M. H. Houston, (reelected).

Hospital Board (six required): Norman If. Brown. Albert. R. Elcock, E, W. Heenan, W. A. Jamieson, W. Jeffries, J. A. Murdoch (elected). Power Board (nine required): — Thos. W. Duff, T. R. Chesterman, E. W. Heenan, W. A. Jamieson, W. Jeffries, J. J. Mclntosh, J_ _A. Murdoch, F. W. Selby, and Bernard W’ard (all elected). BULLER CANDIDATES.

There will be a contest for the Mayoralty of Westport. Mr George Scandrett having announced his intention to stand against the pruaent Mayor. Mr J. Kilkenny.

There are 12 candidates for five seats as County members on the Buller Hospital Board, as follow: —Michael Clark, Henry Llewellyn Evans, Robert Finlayson, .lames Griffiths, Richard Hawes, William 11. Mclntyre, John Noble Niven, Andrew Phillips, John Henry Powell, Ivor Llewellyn Tyler, William Ryan Simpson, and Harold Watson. The previous representatives are Messrs Mclntyre, Finlayson, Griffiths, Hawes, and Niven. Messrs Clark and Evans are nominees of the miners’ organisations. Nominations for the various ridings of the Buller County Council are as follow: Karamea, William Ryan Simpson and Harold Watson. Moklhinui, James G. Jordan and John Noble Niven. Ngakawau Louis J. Carmine. David Kerr, and Ivor Llewellyn Tyler, Millerton, Henry Llewellyn Evans and William H. Mclntyre. Waimangaroa, Michael Clark and Richard J. Hawes. Wareatea, Michael Durkin, Andy Phillips, and Roy H. Wimsett, Charleston, J. H. Powell, unopposed. Wareatea South, D. J. D. Archer, unopposed. Lyell, V. M. E. Dellavedova, unopposed.

NELSON. NELSON, April 24. Mi-. G. L. Gage and Dr. 11. E. A. Washbourn have been nominated for tho Mayoralty. There are seventeen candidates nominated for tire nine City Council seats. This is tho largest number since 1925, when there were 19. The list is: W. Black, S. A. Gibbs, S. H. Moynagh, E. R. Neal, G. P. Russell,. J. B. Carr, L. R. Cotton, J. A. Day, J. Fitz Gerald, J. Glasgow, W. B. Griffin, H. G. B. Hurst, S. McArthur, L. C. Pettit, F. H. Sharland, J. W. Simpson and F. W. O. Smith. The first five-named are members of the present Council. For the Harbour Board (four vacancies) the nominations are: —A. Gould, W. C. Harley, F. J. Ledger, A. R. Kingsford, W. Lock and F. Sharland. The first three are present members. Captain Wildman is not seeking re-election. BLENHEIM AND PICTON. BLENHEIM, April 2G. There are three candidates for the Blenheim Mayoralty: Bernard James Cook, Christopher Timothy Smith, and John Stevenson. The sitting Mayor, Malcolm Mackenzie, who has been in office for ten years, is retiring. There are eleven candidates for nine seats on the Council. At Picton, G. J. kiddell was returned unopposed for a further term as Mayor. There are ten candidates for nine Council seats. CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH, April 26. Nominations for the municipal' elections closed to-day. Mayoralty: D. G. Sullivan (sitting), Sir Hugh Acland (representing Citizens’ Association). City Council (16 seats) 44 candidates. A record field, including a. full Citizens and Labour tiektsc.ifiaJ;,, , Citizens and Labour ticket, several Independents, a Socialist and a Communist. Hospital Board (nine seats) 21 candidates. Harbour Board (four seats) ten candidates. WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, April 24. Nominations for the Wellington Mayoralty are: —T. C. A. Hislop, sitting) and R. Semple, M.P. There are 32 nominations for 15 seats bn the City Council; 27 for 13 seats on the Hospital Board; and eight for four seats on the Harbour Board. GISBORNE. GISBORNE, April 26. Nominations for the Mayoralty are: John Jachson (sitting Mayor), and D. W. Coleman, M.P., (a former Mayor). For the nine vacancies on the Council, there are twenty-seven nominations. For the five Borough seats on the Hospital Board, there are eleven candidates, and nine for four seats on the Power Board, and six for four seats on the Harbour Board. PALMERSTON NORTH. PALMERSTON NORTH, April 24. For the Mayoralty: A. E. Mansford, unopposed. There are fourteen candidates for the nine Council seats, seven for the four Council seats on the Hospital Board, and four candidates for the two district seats on the Wellington Harbour Board.