AUCKLAND EAST ELECTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14391, 9 June 1910, Page 6

AUCKLAND EAST ELECTION.

.FIVE CANDIDATES OUT. ■-...;' /AN UNOFFICIAL OPPOSITIONIST. Additional interest is lent to the forthcoming poll for Auckland East by the appearance of an unofficial Opposition candidate' in the, person of Mr. R.' W. Hill, of the legal firm of Hill and Morpeth. Mr. Hill, who was nominated at the last I moment, endorses all the planks of the ! Reform •party, and it is understood that, i if elected,' he will attend its caucuses. Of the candidates in the field Mr. Myers is an Independent Liberal, Mr. Hill an independent supporter of. the: Reform party, Mr: Richardson ! a Prohibitionist and Protectionist, and Messrs. Davis and McKnight are standing in the interests of ..the Labour party, and both* claim to be official candidates. ."The contestants were nominated as under — Arthur M. Myers, nominated by Messrs. P. M. Mackay, J. M- Mcnnie, J. Rankin Reed, R. Salmon, H. " Fletcher, H. J. Christopher, H. •A. Bennetts, Mesdames G. S. Nelson, M. Bartlett, I. Thompson, and C. E. Ruthe. William Richardson, nominated by J. G. Morris, E. Murphy,. I. Virtue, C. R. Harrington, R. Nichols, F. Hays, H. F, Donald, and Johanna Johnson. Geo. Davis, nominated by H. L. Hornj ing and S. V. Dyer, and others. George Irving McKsiight, nominated by G. E. Siddins, J. R. Rigg, and others. Reginald Walter Hill, nominated by Rev. ! A. A. Murray and R. Herbert. ~.-•' The" poll will take place on Thursday. I 16th inst. , ; ' -<■"■ Labour . organisations are expecting monetary assistance from the South in aid of Mr. Davis's campaign. Mr. A. W. Hogg, M.P., formerly a member !of :the' Cabinet, arrived! in Auckland yesterday morning to speak on Mr. Davis's behalf, and Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.P., is expected to arrive this morning for the same purpose.