THE ELECTIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 3, 3 December 1931, Page 7

THE ELECTIONS.

POLLING IN RANGITIKEI.

A CLOSE CONTEST.

Details of the voting in the Rangitikei contest between Mr A. Stuart (C.R.) and the sitting member, Mr J. T. Hogan (I.) are as follow:

Mr St part is leading by 114 votes. There are still 94 absentee votes to be counted and 73 postal votes (total 167).

REVISED FIGURES.

CHECKING OF RESULTS

As the result of small additional returns coming to hand and the checking of figure? the following revisions are announced: —

MID-CANTERBURY. J. Connolly (Ind. C.) 4159 *1). Jones (C-R.) H. Hunter (L.) li.Wightman (I.) ___ Majority for Connolly The absent and postal votes total 593. MOTUEKA. *G. C. Black (I.) s - £§ 4 I K. J. Holyoake (C.R.) 603 Majority for Black 410 WAIRAU. •E. F. Healy (C.U.) f f W. J. Girling (I.) ». . - E. P. Meachen (L.) Majority for Healy ... ••• 124 s There are still 573 postal and absentee votes to come. WAITEMATA. *A. Harris (C.R.) • STS A. G. Osborne (L.) 2946 W. B. Darlow (LU.) 1624 Majority for Harris 2230 DOUBT IN LYTTELTON. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 3. The only seat in doubt in and around Christchurch is Lyttelton where Mr J. McCombs (Labour) lias a majority of 105 on the first count. There are still outstanding 350 absentee, 33 seariien’s and 102 P° s l^}, vO -l® s ' It is considered unlikely that Mr McCombs will lose. THE POSITION IN ROSKILL. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Dec 3. For the Roskill seat the majority ot Ur A. S. Richards (I/.) is 173, with >BS absentee and 83 postal votes to lome. Mr Richards’s supporters ex)ress their confidence that most or tlie ibsentee votes will be in his favour. MINISTER OF FINANCE. RETURNING TO WELLINGTON. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Dec. 3. The Minister of Finance, Hon. W. lownie Stewart, left for Wellington liis morning. He had no comment to lake on the election result.

Stuart. Hogan. Aberfeldie 10 9 Dui-ie Hill 164 142 Fordell 101 67 Hihitahi 16 16 Jerusalem 6 13 74 24 Glen’s Junction .17 8 Kakatahi 17 7 Kauangaroa 38 14 Koeke 34 15 Long Acre Valley .. 22 10 Makirikiri South ... 70 16 Makohau .. 65 4 Mangahoe Hoad 15 2 Mangamahu 47 32 Marton .. 896 477 Marton Junction ... ,. 205 264 Matahiwi 9 9 Mataroa 43 67 Mount View 70 13 iS'gamatea 13 Ngamatea 10 4 Ngaruru 13 1 27 8 63 60 Okoia . Parihauhau 2 10 ParFkino 6 6 4 16 Pukeroa 23 17 28 37 17 l .. 444 640 .. 236 294 Tiriraukawa 27 21 Turakina 63 .. 107 57 Upper Tutaenui — .. 127 34 72 35 .. 56 52 Wangaehu Valley .’ Wanganui East ..... Wanganui East .... 38 .. 546 70 4 973 278