MUNCIPAL ELECTIONS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16710, 21 April 1925, Page 6

MUNCIPAL ELECTIONS.

WELLINGTON'S ROM

(Special to Hie Herald.l WELLINGTON, Ibis day. Notwithstanding all the controversy which has puzzled tho burgesses of Wellington to discover how best to avoid a 1 1 iang'ular light at the coining mayoral election, the figures of enrolment disclose that there is apparently a. good deal of apathy on the pail of the public as to wlint sort of City Council the Empire city is going to get. The combined roll, main and supplementary. for tho ihmiic.ipal election tills year is smaller by I tint) names than the roll for the election in 19211. As the city has grown considerably dining the past two years the roll should be larger, but whether the decrease has been brought about by more drastic "purging” this year, or liecause citizens have not been sufficiently interested to make sure their names were upon the roll, is not, stated by the roll officials. A comparison is as follows: Main roll, 1923, .‘12,,’159; main roll, .1925, 8(5,219, increase 88(50. Supplementary roll, 1923, .10,978; supplementary roll, .1925; 5459; decrease, 5519; total; 1923, 43,337; total, 1925, 41,078; decrease 1059. (Per Press Association J PAHTATCA, last night.

For the mayoralty the candidates are Messrs J. t>. Wilson (sitting) and ,T. D. C. Crewe (ex-Mayor), and for the council there are ten candidates for nine seals. For Bower Board representative, Mr. .1. D. Wilson, the present chairman, is opposed by Mr. E. Binirke. For llio Hospital Board Mr. F. Bike was re-elected unopposed. A proposal to form a Fire Board will also be submitted to the ratepayers. M ASTEETON, last, night,

Two nominations have been received for the Mnslei-tmi mayoralty, necessitating an election. The nominees are Mr) T. .lordan, a silting councillor, end Mr. E. Bippon, an cx-councillor. Only eight nominations were received for nine seats on the Council.