LOCAL BODIES

Grey River Argus, 24 April 1913, Page 3

LOCAL BODIES

';♦ — ' ' NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES. THE MAYOR HAS A WALK OVER. Yesterday the nominations of candidates ' for..-; the position of Mayor and Borough Councillors and members of the Hospital and- Charitable Aid Board closed at noon, and shortly afterwards the retiring- officer (Mr.. F.- H. Denton) read the following list of candidates-:— MAYORALTY. . George Edward Perkins, proposed •by Dr. J. Wv'Mcßrearty and Mr. McKay. : - The Returning Officer declared Mr. Perkins duly re-elected, he' being the only canddate for the position. Mr. Perkins, addressing the .assembled electors, said he thanked them most heartily for returning him unopposed, and assured them he would endeavour to carry out his duties in the same conscientious manner as. he had in the past. The fact that they had returned him unopposed satisfied him that ,at least to some extent ite had met their requirements. With-re-gard to the election of Councillors, he hoped and trusted it would be conducted in a friendly spirit and without personalities, and that the best men would be returned. He had worKed very satisfactorily with old Council arid had to thank them ror the 1 consideration and courtesy he had always received at their hands. They had always worked, amicably together, and he wa.s certain it was in that way they got die best results. He hoped that the work of the new Council would be beneficial to the town. (Applause). : BOROUGH COUNCIL. • ' G. E .Levin.^ — Proposed by Messrs Blanchfield and W. Hannam. F. \V. Keddell.— Proposed by Messrs. G. E. Perkins and John Tennent. R.-J. Castle.— Proposed by Messrs. W. J. Johnson, J. H. Weaver and J. B. Heffernan. ' • ' ' Alexander Doig. —^Proposed by Sir Arthur Guinness .and Messrs.- W. Warnse. G. Sweetman, F. H. Kilgour, J. P' Kennedy. J. 'Tennent. A. Ogilvie, R. C. .Forsyth and J. Deere. H. F. Doogan. — Proposed by Messrs. W. O'Kane and'T. E. Coaves. . J.i W. Eissenhardt.— Proposed byMessrs. E. P. Heinz and W. Z. Fitzgerald. . Jnmcs Goodall. — Proposed by Dr. J. Wi Mrßrearty and Mr. T. H. Latimer. G T. Grace. — Proposed by Messrs. G. E. Po-kins. D. McKav. T. S. Pep-pc-r. T. E. Coatos, P. Beck. J. Keating and Dr. J. W. Mcßrearty. Thomas Keennn. — Proposed by Mr. G. Perkins and Sir A. R. Guinness. James McGinley. — Proposed by Messrs. \\. Snmpso'n, J. Keating and Dr. J. W. Alcßrearty. Arthur Naylor. — Proposed by Messrs T. E. Coates and E. M. Sheedy. Gerald Perotti.— Proposed by Messrs T E. Coates, R. H. Richmond,. M. Hannan, W. R. Kettle,. J.- S. Vial and D. McKay. Robert Russell. — Proposed by Messrs. J. S. Vial and D. Shannahan. E M. Sheedy.— Proposed by Dr. J. W. Mcßrearty and Mr. R. C. Heffernan. ' J W. Stubbs. —^Proposed by Messrs. F. Gar Hi a ?nd H. K. Williams. Charles Wesley. — Proposed by Messrs. J. Joseph and J.H. Weaver. ' The Returning Officer announced that as there were 17 candidates' for nine vacancies, a poll will be taken next Wednesday. ■ HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD. R C. Forsyth. — Proposed by Messrs F ii. Kilgour and A. G. Nightingale. 'George Edward Perkins.— Proposed ] by Dr. J. W. Mcßrearty and W.- Me- 1 Kay. ■''•,!■ R. J. Brookes. — Proposed by Messrs! F. C Wade. and E. McDonnell. • . . G T Grace.— Proposed by Messrs G. E Perkins.. D. HcKay, J. S. Pep- '■ per, T. E; Coates, J. Keating, P. Beck, and Dr. J. W. Mci3reaty. Thomas Jones — Proposed by Messrs i E. McDonnell and J. CGittos. Gerald Perotti— Proposed by Messrs T. E. Coates, W. R. Kettle and D. McE M. Sheedy— Proposed by Dr. J. W. Mcßrearty and Mr R .C. Heffcrman. ' . George Sweetman. — Proposed by Messrs and Ferguson and J. Tennent. - There being 10 candidates for the. three vacancies, a poll will be taken on Wednesday r^ext. Mr Brookes, one of the candidates, is a member of the Greymouth Wharf Laborers' Union.