MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
MANY NOMINATIONS; WIDE FIELD OF CHOICE. FOURTEEN FOE BOROUGH ■ council;' Splendid nominations have been received for the Whangarei municipal - elections. The candidates proposed, witii the corresponding numbers for the election of May .1931 in parentheses, are: —Mayoralty 2 (2), Council 14((I 21,) 1 , Harbour Board 4 (3) and Hospital Board 5 (4). There was a last minute rush this morning, and the majority of papers were received between 10 o’clock and
noon, the closing’ time. Air W. .(ones, who has occupied the position for two terms, is again seeking re-election to the Mayoralty. He is opposed by Air R. S. Finch, a member of the sitting council.
Members of the present council who are again offering their services are Os, J. Donaldson, .T. E. Holmes, St. C, Jounneanx, G. H. Alorrisli and E. G. W. Tibbits. Another of the nominees, Air A, H. Curtis, was prcviouslv a councillor.
Old councillors who are retiring are: —Alessr-s L. T. Pickmete, R. K. Trimmer and A. T. Brainsby. Air R. S. Pinch is standing for the Alayoralty. Air Jonnneaux had previously a.nnonnced his intention not to seek re-nomination, but, as the result of urgent'pressure at the last minute/ this morning consented to offer : his services. Both the borough representatives on the Harbour Board—Alessrs .1. E. Holmes and P. R. -Gardner —are standing again, and the present members of tin- Hospital Beard —Airs Y. Donaldson and Alessrs W. Jones and F. Higginsou —are going to the polls. The candidates for seats Mayoralty. Robert Stanley Finch, nominated by Oerald Arthur Bethell, Thomas Herbert Steadman, William Ernest Telfer, John Patrick Woods and Charles Arincent Stringer, ... AVilliam Jones, nominated by Thomas Alitehell and Richard G. Fosking. Councillors (Nine required). James Gillispie Barclay, nominated bv Garnet Keene and J. A. Clark.
John Henry Brown, npniinated by Gerald A. Bethell, T. Alitehell and F. J. Howie, . s, ... . ..
..Thomas Naughtpn Conaghan, nominated by W. W. ,C. Simpson and,Harry. N. Dean. ......
Albert Hugh, Curtis, -nominate.4,_by George Haymc-s Alorrisli and Frank,Af. Fceles. James Donaldson, nominated by E. G. AV. Tibbits and Oswald E. Ransom. James Ernest Henderson, nominated by Jas. Jackson .and Thomas Alitehell. James Edmund Holmes, nominated I v P. R. Gardner and George Norman AVilson. Herbert , Norman James, --nominated by Ales Provan, Frank -Cutforth and C'li a l ies V. Stringer. St. Clair Jounneaux, nominated by George 11. Alorrisli and John R.- S. Richardson.
Thomas Mitchell, nominated by Wilfred U.. Time well, Norman James and Charles V. Stringer. ' George Haymes Morrish', nominated by William J. Orr, Ralph K. Trimmer and Mary Frances Dunn.
George Singer Black Morrison, nominated by William E. Telfer and G-. H. Morrish.
John Wilmot Parkin, nominated by R. K. Trimmer and John Drysdale Mitchell.
Ernest Gervase William Tibbits, nominated by P. R. Gardner and dames E. Holmes.
Hospital Board (Three vacancies).
James Gillispie Barclay, nominated by Garnet Keene and John A. Clarke. Viva Donaldson, nominated by M. C. Holmes and Hugh Crawford. < Prank Higginson, nominated by George C. Marshall and Gerald A. Bothell. George Haymes Morrish, nominated by William J. Orr and Ralph K. Trimmer. William Jones, nominated by Thomas Mitchell and Richard G. Hosking. Harbour Board (Two vacancies). Robert Harold Allen, nominated by William Joseph Orr and Frank M, Ecelcs. Thomas Ellis, nominated by George Coppin Marshall and Kenneth George Morton Kelly. James Edmund Holmes, nominated by Peter R. Gardner and G. M. Wilson. Peter Robertson Gardner, nominated by James E. Holmes and E. G. W. Tih-bit-s.
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Northern Advocate, 21 April 1933, Page 4
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