MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 120, 22 April 1931, Page 7

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

ji CLOSING OF NOMINATIONS. H FOURTEEN ASPIRANTS FOR CITY COUNCIL. m. If NO POLL FOR POWER BOARD. Nominations dosed with the town M clerk (Mr J. R. Hardie) at noon to;jw day for tho biennial municipal and other local body elections for Palmerill ston North representatives. With ten M new candidates seeking election to the p City Council, voting at the poll in if this connection promises to be invested with an unusual degree of interest. H Messrs Eliott and Mans ford, two l sitting councillors, are contesting the U Mayoralty which is being relinquished ffi by Mr A. J. Graham, and this resj moves them from the sphere of elecjt tion as councillors. il Fourteen nominations have been refi. reived for members of the Palmerston E North City Council, and nine are to ft be returned by the.eleetors. There are x| ten new aspirants, and at least five of W these will secure seats on the council, ijj; as Messrs Fitzherbert, Tremaine, Alcffi Leod and Hodgens are the only sitting jjgj members seeking rc-eleetion. ® There are six nominations for the I four vacancies on the Palmerston' I North Hospital Board, two new candif dates having come forward. Nomitiaf tions do not exceed the three vacancies I on the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board. | and the three sitting members will be f returned unopposed. Similarly no I election is necessary for repre'enta- | tives on the Foxton Harbour Boa r d and Wellington Harbour Board, as the [jljl; nominations do not exceed the number i;. ; of seats available, m Nominations for the various local ;v|’ bodies have been received as follow, the names of the sitting members being marked with an asterisk: MAYORALTY. fM Meldrum Alfred Eliott, nominated :;ii by Mrs G. Mitchell, Messrs W. F. Ujc Durward. J as. Wallace, W. F. Cutler, K. W. Hubbard, Wm. Cook, E. B. A;'., Smith, C. R. Beattie, M. E. Ellis, J. Jaffi C. Millar, L. M. Day. H. Catton, I. Christie, E. Dcroles, L. M. Charlsii’di: worth, C. N. Clausen. G. H. Bennett, j!;!;( H. F. Gibbon, M. Millar. Augustus Edward Mansford, nomSjfj, inated by Alessr.s H. F. Gibbons and B. J. Jacobs; Mrs M. Palmer, T. fm Hewitt, E. G. Moore. H. Dench, S. I'Cjf. Reaburn, Messrs J. McLeod, J. Hod- |)|! gens. T. ft. Moore, P. S. Larcomb, K. 8. Glendinning, F. Jackson, A. M. $1 Ongley, J. Davidson. CITT COUNCIL. m Roland Lindsay Campbell AitchiS' ; son. nominated by Messrs M. Millar, VS A. J. Graham, C. Louisson, W. R. Birnie, F. A. Cousins, F. J. Oakley, i# G. Watchorn, J. A. Cousins; MesM dames A. Coombs and N. H. Blackmore. ifs’ William Henry Brown, nominated m by Messrs G. H. Bennett, L. H. ColH§ Jinson, F. M. G. Watchorn, H. E. §!|' Edmunds, C. G. Swallow, W. R. Mayes. N. D. Stubbs and S. I. Alc- %'■ Kenzie. t'k William Brown Cameron, nominated W by Messrs G. H. Stiles, C. It. Luke, © W. L. Macpherson and T. Yardley. *William Lockhart Fitzherbert b nominated by Messrs G. H. Bennett f and J. P. Innes. 1 Henry Beecliam Free, nominated by | Messrs A. J. Graham, L. H. Collinson; Mesdames M. Aitchison, M. pi Leydon and E. Hancox. -jjy. “Joseph Hodgens, nominated by @. Messrs R. S. Watson and F. Robert-

jij® ton. George Clisliam Keeble, nominated by Messrs P. S. Larcomb and 0. Am Mon rad. Richard Valin nee Mason, nominat- |® ed by Messrs T. Rodgers, A. Finch, W. S. Dustin, J. B. Cooper, J. Sel;S|' wyn, B. J. Jacobs; Mesdames M. E. Ilf Kvle and R. McLean.

f Roland Moore Maunder, nominated t by Messrs W. F. Durward, J. H. Giljj ciirist, A. Headland, J. A. Chapman, 8 P. S. Larcomb, H. E. Townshend, jj A. Tregurtha and M. Madden. 5; ’John Mcljeod, nominated by j| Messrs J. P. Innes and H. F. GibS bons.

John Joseph o’Shea ; nominated by Messrs F. A. Cousins, P. S. Lar-

| comb, E. R. B. Holben, R. L. C. 1 Aitchison, F. C. Litchfield, G. H. Bennett, AV. McKenzie, C. E. : Dempsy and E. Anderson. | Percy Tucker Robinson, nominated by Messrs R. S. AA’atson and F. llobt ertson.

‘Geoffrey Tremaine, nominated by AV Messrs A. J. Graham and B. J. J acobs. !M Arthur Frederick AA'imsett, nominjjPl ated by Messrs M. Millar,. A. J. Grave ham, F. J. Oakley. T. J. Rogers, T. hI; F. Belling. C. H. Xewth, N. H. Sin|f| clair, AA’. B. Crump, H. Sinclair, H. p®' C. C’ollinson, G. H. Stiles, S. J. AVatm son, J. Craven, H. L. Retter and H. Sf; AA T . AVanden ; Mesdames K. Trask and » L. A. Abraham. HOSPITAL BOARD. f: r.f *M rs Constance Palgrave Abraham. % nominated by Messrs A. J. Graham j and J. A. Nash, M.P. I ‘Roland Lindsay Campbell Aitchison nominated bv Messrs W. F. Dunvard, IG. H. Bennett, E. L. Barnes, H. Sharman, L. H. Collinson, AAm. Cook. AV. L. Fitzherbert, Mrs C. E. C. Thompson. Patrick Vincent Burns, nominated bv Messrs F. Holgerson. S. G. Nortfiey. R. L. C. Aitchison and A. E. Mansford. James Timothy Fahey, nominated by Messrs S. G. Norther, AA'. H. Skinner, R. L. C. Aitchison and A. E. Mansford.

|i ‘Augustus Edward Mansford. nom- |! inated by Alessrs A. J. Graham and [1; L. H. Collinson. ft ‘James Alfred Nash, nominated by I 51 essrs H. F. Gibbons and J. P. i limes. I MAN A AA'AT U-0 RO U A POAVER BOARD. | ‘Meldrum Alfred Eliott, nominated i; by Alessrs G. H. Bennett and AL. Mil- | Jar. I ‘Joseph Hodgens, nominated by ji. Messrs R. S. AVatson and F. Robert- :■ 6on. | ‘James Alfred Nash, nominated by [r Messrs H. F. Gibbons and J. P. | Innes. j AVELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD. I ‘Aleldrum Alfred Eliott, nominated by Alessrs J. C. Young and H. F. Gibbons. ‘William Lockhart Fitzherbert. nominated by Messrs A. J. Graham and L. H. Collinson. FOXTON HARBOUR BOARD. ‘James Alfred Nash, nominated by Alessrs H. F. Gibbons and J. P. Innes. FOXTON NOMINATIONS. NO MAYORAL ELECTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) FOXTON, April 22. Nominations have been received as follow for the local body elections .Mayoralty.—Mark Edwin Perreau, nomi-

nated bv Messrs A. C. Crowe and J. Ross. Council.—D. R- Barron*, J. L. Christie, S E Cowley*. H. R. Crowe*. K. T. Easton. 'S. J. Harvey. F. H Murray. R. Rangihcuca, Fred. Robinson , John Ross , R. J. Thompson. Ilorowhenna Power Board. —R. Bryant . Foxton Harbour Board. R. Bryant , H. B Osborne. M. E. Perreau*. John Ross. Asterisk indicates names of sitting members.