GENERAL ELECTIONS

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18287, 24 December 1919, Page 7

GENERAL ELECTIONS

CHRISTCHURCH NORTH. The official returns for Christchurch North are as follow: — L. M. Isitt . 6033 H. T. Armstrong . . 3600 Informal . • . •. 313 Absent voters indicated their choice as follows: —Isitt 200, Armstrong 67. Soldiers’ votes were cast Armstrong 22, Isitt 20. AVON. The final returns for Avon are as follow: — D. G. Sullivan . « » . 6168 G. W. Russell . . „ 3520 J. Carl 218 Informal . . « 205 TEMUKA. The returning officer for Temuka electorate received the last of the absentee votes on Monday. Thoro were 154 of these, and they were distributed as follows: —Burnett 75, Talbot 77, informal 2. The result of the official count is:— T. D. Burnett . . . 5294 . C. J. Talbot . . „ 3203 Informal . . . > 53 Majority for Burnett . . 31 Total votes cast . , . 6610 AUCKLAND .SEATS. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, December 23. The official count in Auckland Central give? Mr Parry ka majority of 788. For Eden, the majority for Mr Parr is 1847. In Auckland East, from about 400 absentee votes, 343 of which have been counted, Mr Mackenize has ICO, Mr Myers 133 and Mr Way 60, bunging Mr Myers’s majority down to 92. <*’ BRUCE. The result of the official recount for Bruce is as follows: Sir James Allen , . 2993 J. Edie . . , . 28G7 Informal . . „ . 56 AUSTRALIAN COMMENT. By Telegraph—Pr«*« AaioM&tloa—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, December 23. The “ Daily Telegraph,” commenting editorially on tho Australian and New Zealand elections, says regarding New Zealand:—The victory of the Government is a sign that the electors will not tolerate reckless finance, that they resent political manoeuvring and quack remedies, and that they will vote for the man who puts the facts before them most honestly and clearly. The paper adds:—“The feeling expressed bv the electors, both in Australia and New Zealand, is not so much confidence in the political leader, ns apprehensiveness for the future of the country. In both countries the men who are interested, not merely in the question.of sound government, but in the stability and progress of industry, have been found to be in the majority.”