OTHER PLACES

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 98, 27 April 1911, Page 5

OTHER PLACES

[I'RESS ASSOCIATION.] S CHRISTCHURCH, April 27. Mayoral ©lection: T. E. Taylor 7301, Thacker 4898, Allison (retiring Mayor) 3698.

Foiir Labor Councillors were elected.

DUNEDIN, April 27. Mayoral election: Burnett 6381 Wilson 5488.

NELSON, April 27. For the City Council, three old Councillors and six new ones were returned and two old Councillors defeated. For the Harbor Board City seats one old member was returned and. one was de-« feated, and three new*1 members were elected.

Richmond re-elected its member for the^ County Council. Tho results are unavailable as yet The Wednesday shops half-holiday was carried by a majority. . Much confusion occurred owing to the simultaneous factories poll re closing on the same day as the shops) or not. Numerous informal votes were the result. The factories Saturday lialf-holiday continues. WELLINGTON, April 27 Mayoral election: Mr T. M. Wilfovd was elected unopposed.. ■ Council: Messrs Fletcher, Barber Hinamarsh, Fitzgerald, McLaren'

Cohen, Shirtcliffe, Atkinson, Smith, Fuller. Godber, Trevor, McKenzie, Frost,'and Cameron. Wednesday was chosen as the halfholiday. TBMUKA; Apr ii 27. The Mayoral and County Council elections caused record excitement, and the results were not known till midnight. T. Bnxton, M.P., was reelected for Mayor by a majority or 191) over Colonel Hay hurst. TIMARU, April 27. James Craigie, M.P., was re-elected for the tenth time as Mayor, beating his opponent, A. Beck, by 1984. Most interest was centred m tho Council election, there being 25 candidates for twelve seats. The Labor party were in the fight for the first time. The successful candidates were: W. C. Raymond, H. F. Morton, T. Hawkey, R. Shilitto, M. Higgins, G. J. Sealey, H. Green, W. Angland, W. A. Pearson, W. Satterthwaite, H. Goodwin, and J. Reader. The last-named in leader of the' Labor Party. Gilchrist, Harvey, and Beck (old Councillors) wore amongst the defeated.

The retiring members1 of the Harbor Board and High School Board were re-elected by substantial majorities.