Surprise Nomination For Greymouth Mayor : Local Body Candidates

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 October 1947, Page 7

Surprise Nomination For Greymouth Mayor : Local Body Candidates

The nomination of Mr F. L. Turley, secretary of the Westland Timber Workers’ Union, for the Mayoralty of Greymouth, in opposition to the Citizens’ Committee candidate, Mr F. F. Boustndge, was the biggest surprise in the announcement of the nominations which closed at noon today. Mr Turley has previously contested the Mayoralty and is a former member of Greymouth local bodies. He previously stood for Parliament. He has not been a member of a local body for some years. When no candidate was announced by the Labour Party it was generally considered that the Mayoralty would be a “walk-over” for Mr Boustridge, who is a sitting member of the Borough Council, and though Mr Turley’s name had been mentioned in some quarters his nomination was not announced until closing time.

The present Mayor of Greymouth (Mr F. A. Kitchingham), in accord with his intention expressed some time ago, is not seeking re-election. •An election for the Mayoralty will also be necessary at Kumara, where the present Mayor (Mr W. H. G. Stewart) is being opposed by Mr A. S. McLean.

New Mayor Of Runanga Mr G. E. English, president of the Runanga State Miners’ Union, will . be the new Mayor of Runanga, where the present Mayor (Mr E. Kennedy) is not seeking re-election. Mr Kennedy has been Mayor for two terms and was also a member of the Borough Council for a length.period. Mr English is a former member ot the council. The new Mayor of Hokitika will be Mr A. E. Perry (unopposed), succeeding Mr A. R. Elcock, who will not seek re-election. The Mayor ot Brunner (Mr W. N. Gutberlet) has been re-elected unopposed. Fifteen Nominations The Greymouth Borough Council election has drawn a number of candidates new to local bodies, and there are 15 nominations for the nine seats, including six of the sitting council. Three members of the present council, Messrs F. F. Boustridge (who is a candidate for Mayor), J. B. Kent, and T. Caldwell, are not seeking re-election. There are also newcomers to local body politics in the election for borough representatives on the Grey Hospital Board and the Grey Electric Power Board, among them Mr E. F. Chivers, who stood for the Westland seat at the last two Parliamentary elections. There will be both Citizens and. Labour Party “tickets” for the Greymouth local bodies, with a sprinkling of candidates who have been piominent in the Greymouth Ratepayers and Citizens’ Association. The Citizens’ candidates for the Greymouth Borough will be: G. R. Harker, H. Hutchinson, A. L. McKay. T .Blackie, * W. W. Parkinson and F. Sadler. The nominations for the various local bodies in the Grey and Hokitika districts are as follows (asterisk denotes sitting member): — BOROUGH OF GREYMOUTH Mayoralty. — Francis Frederick Boustridge, Frederick Lovell Turley. Borough Council (nine required, 15 nominated).—Alexander Agnew, Thomas Blackie, Blanchfield, Ronald Graham Ferguson, *George Ralph Harker, * Walter Harold Herring, “’Henry Hutchinson, James Frederick Knight, -AndrewLindsay McKay, William Walter Parkinson, Frederick Andrew Sadler, «James Edward Francis Stokes, Peter Claude Thomson, Frederick Williams, John Joseph Wood. ■ . Grey Hospital Board (six required, eight nominated). —Thomas Blackie, Daphne Mildred Gwendoline Green, David Mclvor, * Alexander Mosley, •• Dorothy Martha Parfitt, Olive Anna Pearson, “’James Edward Francis Stokes, John Joseph Wood. Harbour Board (two required, three nominated). —William Edward Pring, * William Evan Jesse Steer, James Edward Stokes. . Grey Power Board (four required, five nominated). —“’Patrick Blanchfield, Edgar Frank Chivers, "'Andrew Lindsay McKay, Edward Pring, James Edward Francis Stokes. Westland Catchment Board (two required to represent the combined boroughs of Greymouth, . R unanga and Brunner, three nominated). Francis Frederick Boustridge, Alexander Stewart Robb, James Edward Stokes.

GREY COUNTY North Riding (three three nominated). —Robert Clarl, Mulcare, *John Ryall. . 1 South Riding (three required, four nominated) .—Harold Daniel Beckett -John William Hannan, 'Thomas George Jamieson, -John Ryan. East Riding required, six nominated). —Henry George Carter, John Clayton, George Dudley, William Fisher, -Allan McDonnell, Michael Kinsella Molloy. _ Hospital Board (three required, five nominated). —Doris Mabie -Henry George Carter, George Dudley -William Fisher, George Lindley. Harbour Board (two required, three nominated). —J ohn Clayton, Arthur MacGougan, *John Ryall.. Catchment Board - (two required, two nominated). —William Fishei, John Ryan (elected unopposed). Grey Power Board (three required to represent the combined district of part of the Grey, part of the Westland and part of the Inangahua counties; six nominated). —-’William Clayton, Arthur MacGougan, *James Mulcare, John Kenneth Patterson, -John Ryan, Albert Topp. BRUNNER Mayoralty.—-’Walter Newman Gutberlet (re-elected unopposed). Borough Council (six required, 11 nominated). — Robert Armstrong Boustridge, -Harold Browning, - George Harry Selwyn Eder, -Thomas Harper, Walter William Thomas Kerr, Thomas Kilkelly, -John Alexander McNeish, •’’Thomas William Morgan, Richard Henry Moth, ’Alexander Stewart Robb, -Thomas Peter Quinn. Grey Hospital Board (one required). —“’Walter Newman Gutberlet (re-elected unopposed). Grey Power Board (one required). McGilchrist re-elected unopposed). RUNANGA Mayoralty.—George Edward English. ' " ■ . , , Borough Council (eight nominated, six required).—Stanley Arthur O’Neil, “’Samuel Braithwaite, William Rafferty, George R. Brown, James Anderson, *Rebecca Wright, -Claude Barrow, Jeremiah Harrington.

Hospital Board (one required).— “’Frank John Oakley. ’ Power Board (one required).— “Leonard Norbury Downes. GREYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD Runanga-Brunner Borough (one required; two nominated).—Claude Bar row; * Joseph James Devine. KUMARA Mayoralty. — “’William Harold Gardner Stewart, Angus Scott Mervyn McLean. Borough Council (nine required, 12 nominated). — Frederick William Rudkin, Cyril George Haines, Tom Bentley Brown, Alexander Hector Sinclair, William Thomas Wallace, Wallace Randolph Case,. Charles Edward Evenden, William Henry ! Lawrence, Jeremiah Francis Gilbert, Victor James Louden, James Murphy, Walter Joseph McNabb. INANGAHUA COUNTY Council (11 required, 16 nominations). —-Frederick W. Archer, “’William Blackadder, Mrs Ada F. Hardie, “’William Clayton, “’Albert Topp, Edward C. Chandler, Richard C. Haldane, Phillip Salmon, “’Clarence Coxall, “’James S. McGregor,,. James Etheridge, “’John J. Coghlan, Edward I. Curren, Thomas E. Elgin, Alan G. Wells, Patrick J. O’Regan. Mr O’Regan and Mr Curren were formerly members of the council. The numbers of candidates for the various ridings are as follows:—Reefton riding, 5 required (8 nominations); Antonio’s riding, 3 (4); Boatman’s riding, 2 (3); Maruia Springs, 1 (1). (Mr W. Blackadder is elected unopposed for the Maruia Springs riding). Hospital Board (eight required, 15 nominated). —*F. W. Archer, John K. Patterson, “’Mrs R. Yellowlees, “’Mrs A. F. Hardie, Mrs Elizabeth Ward, “William Clayton, “’Albert Topp, Clarence Coxall, “’James F. McGregor, Richard C. Haldane, Thomas E. Elgin, James Etheridge, “’John J. Coghlan, Edward I. Curren, Alan G. Wells. Westland Catchment Board (one required).—William Clayton, Albert Topp. Greymouth Harbour Board (one required).— * William Clayton, Clarence Coxall. BOROUGH OF HOKITIKA Mayoralty.—Arnold E. Perry (elected unopposed). Borough Council (nine required, 14 nominated). —A. C. Armstrong, F. W. Ross, S. J. Roberts, H. C. Peart, S. G. Havill, E. W. Heenan, I. J. Preston, W. H. Thompson, L. S. Ross, J. W. C. Murfitt, A. J. Smith, W. H. A. Stopforth, M. B. James, D. D. Lyness. Hokitika Harbour Board (three required, five nominated). —A. G. Howe, J. B. Cameron, S. J. Roberts, A. S. Hill, E. W. Heenan. Grey Harbour Board (one required, two nominated). —A. G. Howe, E. W. Heenan. Westland Hospital Board (three required, six nominated). —S. J. Roberts, H. C. Peart, S. G. Havill, J. W. C. Murfitt, P. C. Blank, J. F. McDougall. Westland Catchment Board (one required).—D. M. Pettigrew (elected unopposed). WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL County Council.—North riding (two required): R. J. Bradley, Thomas Brown (elected unopposed). Central riding (three required): M. Wallace, E. Cook, A. J. Shannon (elected unopposed). Southern riding four required, six nominated): J. Donovan, P. J. McLean, A. F. Clark, G. Rowley, S. J. Patterson, L. W. Timperley. Hokitika Harbour Board (two required).—M. H. Houston, P. E. L. Renton (elected unopposed). Grey Harbour Board (one required).—M. Wallace (elected unopposed). . Westland Hospital Board (six required, seven nominated).—E. W. Heenan, E. Cook, G. Northcroft, J. W. Peake, R. C. Wells, J. W. H. Murfitt, F. P. Houlahan. Westland Catchment Board (three required).—Thomas C. O’Neill, A. J. Shannon, R. J. Bradley (elected unopposed). Westland Power Board. —W. D. JMonk, M. H. Houston, R. J. Bradley, M. Wallace.