UPPER HUTT

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7111, 25 April 1910, Page 11

UPPER HUTT

TOWN BOARD ELECTION. The election to fill the vacancy on the Upper Hutt Town Board cause-d by the retirement of Hi Alex Martin passfd off tiuictlv on Saturday. Beyond a very hilarious meeting held on Thursday evening, at which Mr ICo'iiiund <vrecli-v.-ood delivered an addrevs that scem?d to amuse a fairlv iarge audience-, and the c-iroulvMon of cards inviting support i'o. ; Mr \fMliam Burrell. there was nothing to indicate a contest was lauding.

The iy;c\ii>ar,t» of the polling-booth were not overworked, as only Hi e'.e:-to:« er.er cu-cd thei.r privilege out of, GG3 on the roU'W© heintr fhe number of local re'i. dents entitled" to vot?;. Slightly more than one-third of the electors, voted. The result wi\> announced at G.IC ji.m. : 311 William Btirrell scoring 137 vote-, and Mr Edmund Greenwood 87. There were no in formal*. The returning officer was Mr A. J. McCurdv, who had with him Mr A K. .Towitt, scrutineer for Mr Greenwood, and Mr B. 11. Jefierr. scrutineer for Mr Burrcll. Examination of tho check rolls of the candidates shows that US known" resident supporters of Mr Burrell omitted to vote, and 11 of Mr Greenwood's also failed to poll The respective local strengths of tho parties are therefore Burrell 25"), Greenwood 98. thus proving the genuineness, of Commissioner Harrison's remarks when presenting a petition to tho Town Board "protesting against the proposed dismissal of the Town Clerk—that .the electors as a body were opposed to Mr Martin's action. Mr' Burrcll has for a long time been successfully engaged in farmiiv? pursuits, and having handed over his business to members of his farailv. is P_r£Rared to devote- his leisure to Tiffin Hoard matters. Mr Greenwood was foxuuily employed in sawmilling with his brother in the' firm of Greenwood and Whitemnn.