CITY ELECTIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 12, 5 April 1927, Page 1

CITY ELECTIONS

VARIETY PROMISED BUSINESSMEN OFFERING LABOUR’S TICKET If the nominations for the Auckland City Council, either placed in the hands of the returning: officer or promised, are any criterion, the electors will have a variety to pick from, and the variety will include some of the busines men, for whom such a cry has been raised. It is anticipated that the Citizens’ Committee ticket will be out tomorrow evening:. The provisional Labour ticket was announced to-day. The Labour ticket is subject to revision. one or two condidates being: prospects for positions they cannot reasonably undertake—meaning that. considering their own livelihood. they could not do justice to positions on the City Council, Harbour Board, and Hospital Board. The Labour organisation realises this, and will have the position revised before the actual nominations are made. SECOND NOMINATION The second nomination was placed in the hands of the returning officer yesterday afternoon, the candidate being Mr. George Leonard Brett, company manager. LABOUR TICKET The Labour Party’s ticket for coming municipal elections was .n----nounced by Mr. G. Stove, secretar. of the Auckland branch of the Alii; ice of Labour, to a SUN reporter is morning. The ticket is provisi and is as follows: Mayoralty.—Mr. T. Bloodworth. Harbour Board, four candidates. —• Messrs. T. Bloodworth, O. Mcßrine, C. Morris, and R. F. Way. The Hospital Board (city, five candidates. —Mrs. McCready. and Messrs. R. F. Barter, C. Morris, J. Purtell. and M. J. Savage. Hospital Board (Avondale, and suburban districts). —Mr. O. Mason. City Council, 13 candidates. —Messrs. R. F. Barter. B. Clews, G. Davis, B. Martin, O. Mcßrine, C. Morris. E. Phelan, J. Purtell, A. Rosser. W. E. Sill, C. M. Speedy, J. H. Sutherland, and C. A. Watts. Newmarket Borough Council.—Mrs. A. J. Dreaver. Commenting on the general trend of municipal elections in Auckland. Mr. Stove said it was a noticeable fact that, since the Labour Party had been offering candidates. their opponents had declared a platform. In the past only a small percentage of citizens had exercised their rights at the elections, whereas now there was keen interest shown, and candidates made sure their adherents were on the roll. “This added interest is something that will certainly tend for betterment in civic matters, and consequently is something to our credit,” added Mr. Stove. Mr. H. Oakley Browne, who contested City East at the last Parliamentary elections, has decided to become a candidate for a seat on the city council. Mr. Browne will stand as a straight-out independent, as he considers the present muddle in civic affairs largely due to voting on tickets and the bloc system generally.