NEW ROAD BOARDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15292, 3 May 1913, Page 9

NEW ROAD BOARDS.

SOME TO-DAY. The first of the general elections for the . constitution of Road Boards will held * to-day- A good , deal of interest is being : I - manifested in the elections., and income of f$ • the' districts keen contests are anticipated. 5 .:'••■■■ The.Road Boards U> be ejected to-day ; are those for Eden Terrace, Mount Roskil , Point Chevalier, ' Avondale, ~ Mount : Wei : lington, Huntly, and Drury. Following ■ are the nominations : - Eden Terrace (seven members— candidates};.: J. V. Browne, W. H- Butler, H. A. (rood, R. H. Eatley, Percy 'k McElwain, T. W. " McLaughlin, 0. H. V Olive, D. F. Taylor, W. F. \\ren A and Mary J.;,-Wralhall. , v . • , Mount Eoskill (seven . seats) : Joseph v . Ambuiy, Charles Bagley, T. E. Hayr, EJ. Herd, John Haslett, John Peet, John ■ •Ojjjr Charles Worrall, George W instone, • and V. H.'Woodward. - . V . Point .Chevalier (five seats—eight candidates) • E. M. Baker, Peter Collin*, James i; - ' Donald," Thomas Dignan, William Forrest, Frederick Fairweather, S. V. Mack, and Charles Walker. . .. -, ; ' •. • ?•• r Avondale (seven sa ts-10 candidates) : 6 E- E. Copsey, G. A- W. Curd, EP. For- ; rester, F. W- Hampshire, Jacob Morey, : . William Pendlebury, John Potter 1. H. - Spargo, W. J. Tait, and Frederick Walker. Mount Wellington £ (five seats—seven candidates) : Wm, Gollan, Wm J. Greenf, wood, Wm. Joseph Harper, Selwyn B. I. L. Hamlin, Geo. Hy. Kay, Isaac Wymer, " and James Wood. - ■ -- , . Huntly ' (five seats-six candidates) : Messrs. John P. Bailey, Lewis B. Harris, junr. j Patrick '* Higgins, Ralph T. Hill, William D. Thomas, and Jonathan ValenDriiry (six .-greats—.five candidates) :— Thomas H. Brooks, George Bremner, • James Cossey,. sen., William, H. G. lasson,. Frank P. Langford, and Alan - • S. McNaughton.. : * '•••••• - * The polling hours will be between. 9 . a.m. and. 6 p.m. ' .. v , ? : The Road Board elections to be held . next ' week ' areManurewa (Monday), Turanga, Whitford, - Mangere, and Papatoetoe (Tuesday), and - Epsom, and Re- / i muera (Wednesday). . • ' : An - election - for members of the Onetree Hill' Road Board, which was to have '\' 7 been held to-day,v- will not now be necesV, sary. ;At the . annual meeting of ratepayers last evening, the chairman, Mr. E. A. Craig, stated that the expense of : an election had' been saved owing to the ■ generous' ; action of Mr. James - Tapper, who although nominated as a candidate, had ' decided to stand down on learning p that there was only one nomination in ex-. X - cess of the required number of members- | - The meeting $ thanked Tapper for his generousand •, unselfish . action.,