LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20708, 4 May 1929, Page 11

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS.

ADDITIONAL RESULTS. QUEENSTOWN. (Prom Ora Own Correspondent.) QUEENSTOWN, May 2. The following is the result of the polling which took place yesterday for the nine seats on the Queenstown Borough Council;—Thomas Rutherford 268, Francis St. Omer 247, John Cockburn 244, Albert A. Scheib 243, Robert Gilkison, jun, 225, Archibald M'Caughan 220, Daniel R. Hamilton 207, William A. Anderson 204, Thomas H. Tallentire 178 (the above were elected), Ernest J. Lowern 160, John Thompson, jun., 84. Among the nine candidates returned were the five outgoing members of the council who offered themselves for reelection, namely, Messrs Rutherford, Scheit, M'Caughan, Gilkison, and Anderson, Messrs Cockburn and Tallentire have previously served on the council, while Messrs St. Omer and Hamilton will take their places at the council table for the first time. Mr St. Omcr’s father was Mayor of Queenstown for many years, having previously been a member of the Borough Council. ALEXANDRA. (Prom Oun Own Correspondent.) ALEXANDRA. May 2. The polling for eight borough councillors yesterday resulted in the candidates being returned in the order named:— John O’Kane 217, Hugh Muuro 206, A. Ashworth 201, A. M'Kellar 193, William Blech 188, William Hewitt 183, Henry Hull 171, Charles Burgess 167 (these candidates were elected), Charles White 144. When the count was concluded the doors of the Town Hall were opened and soon the waiting electors more than half filled the hall. The' returning officer (Mr John Rivers) announced the result from the stage, and all the candidates—with the exception of Mr O’Kane, who was unavoidably absent—returned thanks. Advantage was taken of the opportunity by the Mayor (Mr Bringans) to review the work of the council during his term of office. He stressed the necessity of conserving the finances, as the borough would later have to incur heavy expense in renewing the water pipes across the bridge, and in improving the main roads. The heavy expenses incurred last year in renewing the flaming of the race and building the wall of the dam would, fortunately, be nou-recurring. The Finance Committee had found it necessary to make special financial arrangements to meet this outlay. A former town clerk (Mr Burgess), who has now been elected to the council, stated that the Alexandra borough was one of the soundest financially in New Zealand, having assets and debentures for the sale of the Chatto Creek race to the Government, which had helped them considerably. The returning officer paid a, tribute to the electors for the keen interest they had displayed in the election, as was evidenced by the large gathering present to hear the result. As many as 286 electors hod recorded their votes! A meeting of the new council is to be held on Friday night bo make a selection of town clerk. Fifty-two applicants applied for the position, and the final selection was held over for the new council to deal with. TAPANUI. , (From Uur Own Correspondent.) TAPANUI, May 3. The retiring Mayor (Mr W. R. Quin), who was the only person nominated, was duly returned as Mayor. As only the required number of councillors (seven) were nominated, they were duly declared elected as follows:—David Beattie, John Edgar, Donald A. M'Donald, William B. Naylor, James G. S. Varcoe, William Wrjght. CHRISTCHURCH MAYORALTY. MR ARCHER’S MAJORITY 424. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 3. In the mayoral contest the Rev, J. K. Archer's majority is increased owing to the figures from one of the booths, which really gave him a majority of 90, having been transposed. The official count gives the following figures, the Rev, J, K, Archer, 15,536; Mr W. Hayward, 15,112; informal, 360; Mr Archer’s majority 424, CHRISTCHURCU CITY COUNCIL. (Special to Daily Times.) CgjEIISTCHURCH, May 3. There is no change yet to report as regards the poll for the election of 16 city councillors. At present the checking of the first preferences is proceeding, and it is expected that the quota will be arrived at this evening, Should the preferences follow the lines of party voting, as is generally anticipated, the most that Labour can hope for under the proportional representation system is a total of seven councillors, while the Citizens' Association will probably have eight or nine. However, there is just a possibility that the n'uth seat may go to Dr Thacker, an Independent candidate, who would lie almost certain to support the Citizens’ Association majority, It will be interesting to see the effect of the allocation of the preferences on the vote accorded Mr D. G. Sullivan, M-P, (Labour), who topped the poll by a big majority.