LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1944, Page 2

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

DISTRICT NOMINATIONS GREYMOUTH CANDIDATES When nominations closed at noon to-day for the election of members of local bodies in the Grey mouth Borough it was disclosed that theie will be elections in every case except that of the Greymouth Mayoialty, for which Mr. F. A. Kitclnngham, who has been Mayor lor the past two terms, was the only nominee, and he has been declared elected unopposed. ~ In the case of the Greymouth Borough Council there are 14 nominations for the nine seats, the same number of candidates as at the last election. Messrs Hyde Herring (P r^sent Deputy-Mayor) and G. M. Truman were two of the last Council who have not been nominated ioi re-election. . J „ ~ There are four candidates for the two Borough seats on the Greymouth Harbour Board, both the sitting members, Messrs J. B. Kent and W. E. Bring being again nominated, while the new candidates here are Mr. A. Panther, President of the Waterside Workers’ Union, and Mr. W. E. J. Steer, a son of a former member of the Board, Mr. Jesse Steel* There is one woman candidate lor the Grey Hospital Board among the 10 nominations for six Borough seals on the Grey Hospital Board. She is Mrs. Dorothy Martha Parlilt, wile of Mr. E. Parfitt. 2 . In the case of the Grey Electric Power Board there are seven candidates for the four Borough seats, including sitting members in Messrs Kent, P. Blanchfield, W. E. Pring and W. H. Parfitt. The nominations are as follow (an asterisk denotes sitting member): — MAYOR OF GREYMOUTH.

-Frederick Arthur Kitchingham (elected unopposed). GREYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL (Nine members). Blanchfield, Frederick Boustridge, Thomas Caldwell, Bertie William Albert Caulton, Edward Thomas Fraser, *George Ralph Harker, Walter Harold Herring, Henry Hutchinson, -James Begg Kent, James Edward Laing, Andrew Lindsay McKay, -John Saunders, *James Edward Stokes, Charles Ewart Lawrence Thompson. GREY HARBOUR BOARD. (Two representatives). *James Begg Kent, Albert Panther, *William Edward Pring, William Evan Jesse Steer. GREY HOSPITAL BOARD. (Six representatives). Thomas Caldwell, Charles Navynne Gunn, *James Begg Kent, -John Francis Laing, Mosley. Dorothy Martha Parfitt, William Henry Parfitt, "Thomas Patrick Ryan, *James Edward Stokes, Charles Ewart Lawrence Thompson. GREY ELECTRIC POWER BOARD. (Four representatives). -Patrick Blanchfield, -James Begg Kent,Andrew Lindsay McKay, * William Henry Parfitt, - William Edward Pring, John Scorgie, James Edward Stokes. GREY - COUNTY Nominations have been received for the election to be held in the Grey County as follow:— COUNTY COUNCIL NORTH RIDING (three members): —-Robert Clark, * James Mulcare and Mohn Ryall (re-elected unopposed). SOUTH RIDING (three members): —Joseph Huia Ferguson, James Flaherty, -John William Hannan, -Thomas George Jamieson, and ’ !! John Ryan. EAST RIDING (three members): — *Henry George Carter, Frederick Donovan, ’ !: William Fisher, Cyril Kennedy, *Allan McDonnell. GREY POWER BOARD

GREY COUNTY (combined district), three members:— * William Clayton, Joseph Huia Ferguson, ■■'William Fisher, *James Mulcare, John Ryan, Albert Topp. GREY HOSPITAL BOARD GREY COUNTY (three members): —“Henry George Carter, Alfred Edward Dreckman, -William Fisher. -■■■'James Mulcare. GREY HARBOUR BOARD GREY COUNTY (two members): —-James Mulcare, Mohn Ryall, Frederick Lovell Turley. HOKITIKA The following are the nominations for district, local bodies. An asterisk denotes sitting member. Mayor: *A. R. Elcock (returned unopposed). BOROUGH COUNCIL (9 seats) „A. C - Armstrong, *C. Caliari, *T. W. Duff, *S. G. Havill, *E. W. Keenan, O. J. Hutchinson, W. H. Nicol, H. C. Peart, D. M. Pettigrew, I. J. Preston, E. D. Rankin, S. J. Roberts, *L. S. Ross, *W. H. A. Stopforth, *D. P. Stuart (total fifteen nominations). WESTLAND HOSPITAL BOARD (3 seats) Mrs. Z. Harrison, F. K. Hunt (former Auckland Magistrate), O. J. Hutchinson, A. H. Lawn, H. C. Peart, P. R. Whitford (total six nominations—none sitting members). HOKITIKA HARBOUR BOARD (3 seats) ,*H. C. Harvey, A. G. Howe, W. J. Richards (three nominations—all returned). GREY HARBOUR BOARD (1 seat) *E. W. Heenan (one nomination—returned unopposed). WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL North Riding (2 seats): *R. J. Bradley, T. Brown, J, S. Langford (three nominations). Central Riding (3 seats): J. D. Keenan, *T. P. O’Neil, E. A. Cook, T. S. Harcourt, A. T. Woolhouse, *N. Harris, *W. A. Jamieson. M. Wahace (eight nominations). Southern Riding (4 seats): G. H. H. Robertson, E. A. Kirby, *G. Rowley, *J. Donovan, AV. Searle jnr., G. R. Northcroft, A. F. Clark, *P.' J. McLean (eight nominations). WESTLAND HOSPITAL BOARD (six seats) . *T. P. O’Neil, G. R. Northcroft, E. , A. Cook, R. C. Wells, *E. W. Heenan, J. D. Keenan, *T. AV. Duff, T. S. Har- ( court, *W. A. Jamieson (nine nomina- i tions). •] HOKITIKA HARBOUR BOARD : (2 seats) *P. H. Renton, *M. Houston. (Two nominations—returned unopposed). | GREYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD (1 seat) M. Wallace (only nomination—returned). J