MAYORAL ELECTIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14345, 15 April 1910, Page 6

MAYORAL ELECTIONS.

There is every prospect of Mr. L. J. Bag* nail being returned : unopposed as Mayor of.. a the city for the ensuing term. ; - v :' «

The present-Mayor of Mount Eden (Mr. ;|| 0. Nicholson) has announced his intention .' j

of standing for re-election, and his only ;; probable opponent is Mr. J. Davis, a mem- V ber of the Council. .;; : Mr. R. S. Briggs, Mayor of Parnell, is •■. again seeking election, and will be opposed ' by Mr. F. Fitt. , > _ .'. The fight at,Birkenhead will be a triangu- 3 lar . one, and the candidates are already addressing meetings. The present Mayor ■','"£ (Mr. A. Keyes) is being opposed by Mr. E. J--6. Skeates and Mr. H. P. Taylor. Mr. i" Taylor will address a meeting at the Birk-. '•;:■'' dale school this evening at eight o'clock. For the Newmarket chair the . present Mayor (Mr. E. Davis) has been, nominated by Messrs. W. J. Jaffrey and Jas. McColl. : There will probably be no contest. At' l ; Devonport, also, Mr. W. Handley will pro :: bably be- returned unopposed. The only ■ ■■'.$ candidate announced so far for the Grey i - : :% Lynn Mayoralty is Mr. W. J. Holdsworth, ':', the present Mayor. .-.•" ' '; .-,"' Nominations for the chairs of Birken- f head, Northcote, Grey Lynn, Devonport, •' ; and Newmarket close on the 20th inst., and for the city and Parnell on the 21st.