A ROAD BOARD ELECTION UPSET.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —I'RKSS ASSOCIATION.] Cuuistohorcu, Wednesday. • At tho Resident Magistrate's Court to-day Mr. Richmond Beetham upset tho election of all the members of the Hallswell Road Board on the ground that the name of Thomas Sutton, one of the candidates proposed and seconded for election, was omitted from the polling papers, and that by reason of the mistake of the returning officer the return of votes given to the various candidates was wrongly stated. The proceedings were taken by H. A. C. Ferguson, a defeated candidate. It appeared that Sutton arranged with Comber, tho returning officer, that his name was to be struck of! if Kennedy, another candidate, was proposed. A mistake of three votes was made in advertising the numbers, but this would not have affected the result. Mr. Beetham made no order for costs as there was no proof that Comber had acted in collusion with any interested parties.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9378, 30 May 1889, Page 5
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156A ROAD BOARD ELECTION UPSET. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9378, 30 May 1889, Page 5
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