GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 November 1925, Page 11

GENERAL ELECTIONS.

REVISED DETAILS. RESULTS NOT ALTERED. Corrected details issued last. night, which do not alter the- result m any case, arc: — WAKATIPU .T. Horn (N.) .T. Ritchie (G.) A. Ashworth (L Majority for Horn .. 781 EASTERN MAORI. Hon. A. T. Ngata (N.) . 4470 H. Mokcna (L.) 804 Majority for Ngata .. 3612 WESTERN MAORI Sir M. Pomare (G.) 4008 R. Moffatt (L.) 1292 Majority for Pomare . 2716 LOST DEPOSITS. On the figures at present available the following candidates will forfeit their deposit of £lO each. They failed to secure one quarter of the total number of votes polled by the successful candidates in each case:— A. E. Bissett, Bay of Islands, 585 votes. _ , . - or R. E. Hornblow, Bay of Islands, 180 votes. , , 00 R. T. Wrathali, Bay o± Islands, 222 votes. A. S. Richards, Marsden, 82v votes. F. S. Morton, Auckland Central, 1042 votes. J. W. Yarnall, Roskill, 1310 votes. D. McClymont, Franklin, 1578 votes. J. Rea, Franklin, 1038 votes. T. Lamont, Waitemata, 1490 votes. W. E. Barnard, Kaipara, 1342 votes.

S. Lye, Raglan, 863 votes. R. D. Duxfield, Raglan, 211 votes. A. A. Ross, Thames, 283 votes. A. J. Whiteside, Thames, 210 votes. H. W. Milner, Hamilton, 934 votes. F. Colbeck, Rotorua, 186 votes. F. C. S. Lawson, Waikato, 122 votes. W. A. Sheat, Taranaki, 740 votes. J. H. Taylor, Oroua, 800 votes. C. I. Harlcness, Otaki, 413 votes. P. L. Hollings, Manawatu, 444 votes. T. Brindle, Nelson, 1000 votes. H. M. Jones, Ashburton, 401 votes. J. Ashworth, Wakatipu, 666 votes. G. N. Edie, Wallace, 395 votes. P. Gilfedder, Wallace, 256 votes. P. H. Hickey, Invercargill, 71S votes. The only Country Party candidate who did not lose his deposit was H. J. Sweeney, Bay of Islands. LICENSING ISSUE. . Cont. S. Con. Pro. Eden 4203 . 1047 6260 Grey Lynn . . 4214 880 5803 Wallace 3407 309 3151 In connection with restoration, which is hanging in the balance at Ohinemuri, restoration has a majority of 1361. There are 300 absent voters. The Act of 19.10 provides that if restoration should be carried in a nolie&nsc district the number of publicans’ licenses to be granted “shall not exceed one for every complete 500- electors of the district at the date of the general election at which the poll was taken, and shall not be less (if a sufficient number of such licenses arc duly applied for) than one for every complete 1000 electors of the district.’’ The Act also provides that the decision of the electors shall take effect three months after the date of the general election. License will therefore bo restored in Ohinmurie on February 5 next. STATE CONTROL ISSUE. REASONS FOR THE INCREASE. STATEMENT BY MR ISITT. CHRISTCHURCH, N<?v. 6. Replying to Mr D. M. Findlay on the licensing question, Mr L. M. Isitt says: “Mr Findlay informs the people of New Zealand that the Moderate League, as a component part of the Licensing Reform Association, had made its appeal for the third issue as a means of expressing a demand for reform, and they were gratified at the response of the electors. The real fact is that Mr C. P. Skerrett, K.C., sent a circular letter, headed ‘Private and confidential,’ to all members of associated clubs, the purport of which was to urge them, whether they believed in State control or not, to vote for it. It could not be carried, and the vote counted against prohibition. Also, that if a large vote was given for the third issue the legislators would be impressed, and more likely to give clubs the liquor legislation they desired. Probably Mr Skerrett was not the only one giving this advice. I, claim that the slim action robs the State control vote of all value as an indication of the electors’ desire for a third issue. Its added strength is due to the switching over of the continuance vote for the purpose stated.”