GENERAL ELECTIONS,

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 November 1925, Page 4

GENERAL ELECTIONS,

CLAIM TO UPSET ELECTION. LEGAL POINT RAISED. (BY TEI7EGRAPZ3C PRESS ASSOCIATION.) FOXTON, Nov. 10. Mr P. L. Hollings, the unsuccessful National candidate in the recent election for Manawatu seat, has served a writ on the returning officer to upset the election, claiming that his was the only nomination in •on the tenth day before fne election. ■ His claim is that the closing date for nominations was 25th October, not 27tH, as set out bj. the Electoral Department. The case is to be heard on Friady at the Palmerston North Supreme Couz-t. GOVERNMENT IVINS TARANAKI. Final figures for Taranaki, including absentee voters are:— C. E Bellz-inger (G) 4615 S. G. Smith (N) 4565 IV. A. Sheat (L) 792 Majority for Bellringer 50 COUNT DELAYED. . THE LYTTELTON SEAT. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov, 10. The couzzt of the Lyttelton electorate has beezz suspended and the scrutineers have beezvisent. home, as the last of the absent voters’ papers is not expected until to>-morrow zzzorziing. The view taken by the z-eturning officer is that the secrecy of the ballot demands tjjat he should not cozziznence the couzzt until all absent voters’ permits are in hand. IVheiz the eouizt will be finished is not cez-tain. SOME FINAL RESULTS. DUNEDIN, Nov, 9. Fizzal z - esults of the elections in'Dun? edin North and Dunedin South are as follows: — DUNEDIN NORTH. H. L.. Tapley (G.) 5363 J. W. Munro (L.) 5101 Majority for Tapley 262 1922.—J. IV. Munro (L.) 5020), J. J. Clark (G.) 4965. Majority for Munro 55. DUNEDIN SOUTH. T. K. Sidey (N.) 6231 J. E. MeMamzs (L.) 4025 Majority for Sidey 2203 1922.—T. K. Sidey (0) 5485, J. E. McManus (L) 3758. Majority for Sidey 1727. PAHIATUA. PAHIATUA, Nov. 10. The official recount for the Pahiatua seat was completed last evezzing after the telegraph office closed. E. A. Ransom (N.) 3802 A. McNicol (G.) 3689 Majority for Ransom 113 On the night of the poll Ransom’s majority was given as 54, with over 350 votes to come. Last election—E. A. Razzsom (O.) 3541; A. McNicol (G.), 3482. Majority for Ransom 59. LICENSING ISSUEu WELLINGTON, Nov. 9. With the arrival of . returns from Rotorua, the chief electoral office is now in possession of the fizzal results of the licensing poll. These give the two- other issues a majority of 31,101 over prohibition. In connection with the local option poll, the figures for OhinemurL record another victory for cozitinuanee in restoration of license to that district. That is the position at the present time, but allowazzce will have to be made for the 421 absentee votes yet to he calculated, although these are hardly likely to affect the result. The amended grand totals for the licensing referendum are as follow: Continuance ' 278,837 State Control 53,572 332,409 Prohibition 301,308 Majority against prohibition 31,101 OHINEMURI. Final returns on the local option question are:— Restoration 3931 No-license 2518 Four hundred and twenty-one absent votes to come. . .