TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13063, 1 May 1913, Page 4

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland : The City Council election resulted m the return of 13 members of the old 1 Council and five new members, including Miss H. Melville. Mayors have been elected as follows : -Grey Lynn, ,Mr George Baildon; Ottelmnga, Mr John Rowe. lii the Harbor Board election Mr Alison' Wa& the only sitting member defeated. Wairoa : Mayoral, Mr J. Corkill was Te-eleeted, obtaining 308 votes, while Dr. Somerville .obtained 235. Dannevirke : The .'Wednesday halfday was retained by 97 votes. Pahiatua : Mayoral contest, Mr David Crewe (sitting Mayor) was elected, obtaining 280 votes; J.. D. Wilson, exMayor, 270. T?oxto.n : There weve 13 candidates tor the Council,' the following being elected: J. Chrystall, Thomas Henderson, Qeovge Coley, G. Whibley, L. Freeman, Geo. Barber, Alex. Speirs, D.* Green, S. Read x Foxton Harbor Board : There were three nominations fbr- two seats, and Messrs P.. J. Hennessy (the present chairman) and F. E. Jenks were elected. Feilding: For the poll on the halfholiday, Wednesday was carried. Martoh :' Mills' majority was 123. Thfere' were four Labor nominees for the : Council. They were badly defeated. ' . Hawdra,: .The voting on the half-holi-day resulted m Wednesday being retained. . New Plymouth : — Mayoral election : G. W. Browne (re-elected) 1350, J. S. Medley 781. , Wellington : The following are complete returns of the City .Council eleciticin: R. Fletcher 10,835, W. H. -P. Bar. her 10,018, J. Fuller, jun., 9740, A. K. Atkinson 9629, R. A. 'Wright 9287, G. Frost 9240, L. McKenzie 9143, T. C. A. Hislop 8477, J. Godber 8444, A. H. Hindmarsh 8203, H. Buddie 8144, W. J. Thompson 7910. J. Trevor 7691, F. Cohen 7657, M. F. Lucie 7656. Harbor Board : R. Fletcher, R. A. Wright, J. G. Cobbe, Maurice Cohen, C. E. Daniel, A. H. Hindmarsh, C. W. Jones, A. D. Kennedy, J. W. McEwan, AAs. s McFariane, j H. L. Nathan, J. Trevor. D. J. Watson, i W. Hildreth. Blenheim : Mayoralty* Councillor E. S. Parker (837) defeated the sitting Mayor, Mr J. J, Corry (791). Christchurch : No defined tickets were run for the city election. For the Hospital Board, Mesdames Wilson and Christie, Dr. Fenwick, and MessTS CoopVer, Otley, Tanner, and Sorrensen were returned.' Christchurch: For the Mayoralty of Lyttelton, Mr J. R, Webb i>olled 60b\ andi Mr G. Laurenson, M.P., 490. Mr Laurenson; -advocating the establishment of a suburb across the harbor, stood with the . intention of pushing this scheme. For Woolston, Mr J. J. Graham was elected. Riccarton : Mr J. Refolds. Spreydon: Mr G. R. Whiting: ••••■• Dunedin: For the Harbor Board, the four sitting members were re-elected. HASTINGS, this . clay. Messrs Styles;- Hart, Donovan (Labor), Holderness, and McCormick were reelected, and v the new Councillors are . Messrs King, McKibbin, Blake, and Wade (Labor). For. the Hastings seat oh the Harbor ftoard, Mr I»ane (inner harbor candidate; was re-elected by a sweeping majority over Messrs A. L. D v Fraser, McCormick, and Fowler.