A RECORD

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 19, 13 April 1927, Page 1

A RECORD

ELECTION NOMINATIONS SIXTY-ONE WOULD-BE COUNCILLORS Activities of the citizens’ election committee, Labour party, unemployed and several other organisations have resulted in a record number of candidates for the Auckland City Council elections. Nominations closed with the returning officer (Mr. P. F. Notley) at noon to-day, and the totals showed 4 candidates for the mayoralty and no fewer than 61 for the City Council’s 21 seats. The record for the City Council previously was 50.

The last nomination was handed in a minute before noon, the candidate representing the unemployed. The names of the candidates are:

AUCKLAND MAYORALTY Mayoralty; one vacancy, four nominations: George Baildon, sitting mayor. Thomas Bloodworth, •ouncillor. Harold D. Schmidt. James Alexander Warnock, deputymayor. AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL Auckland City Council; 21 vacancies. nominations. Ewen W. Alison. ♦John A. C. Allum. George Ashley. Richard F. Barter. Alice H. G. Basten. ♦Matthew J. Bennett. George L. Brett. ♦Frederick W. H. Brinsden. Sydney Brown. Howard O. Browne. ♦George Brownlee. George G. Campbell. William L. Casey. Bernard Clews. •John W. Court. ♦Michael J. Coyle. ♦Samuel I. Crookes. George Davis. ♦John Dempsey. ♦James Donald. ♦Lewis A. Eady. Alexander Eccles. ♦Andrew J. Entrican. Daniel Flynn. Walter Glover. George H. Guy. Basil Howse. Harry R. Jenkins. Hallyburton Johnstone. John B. King. ♦George Knight. John R. Lundon. Oscar Mcßrine. Percy McElwain. William H. McKinney. Findlay D. MoLiver. Thomas McNab. Bernard Martin. ♦Ellen Melville. George R. Metcalfe. Charles S. Morris. Walter H. Murray. William H. Nagle. ♦John B. Paterson. ♦Edward J. Phelan. Walter J. Potter. Thomas C. Pow. James Purtell. Arthur Rosser. Martha Sherrar Schmidt. Frederick W. Schramm. John F. Shanly. William E. Sill. Wilfred Skegg. Alfred Hall Skelton. Arthur J. Stallworthy. J. J. Sullivan. Hector J. Sutherland. ♦Alfred Thompson. Samuel Turkington. Charles A. Watts. HOSPITAL BOARD Hospital and Charitable Aic Board; five vacancies; sixteen nominations: Richard French Barter, Robert Darlow, *John Dempsey, Alexander Eccles, ♦Ethel Anne Kidd, *George Knight, Ivy McCreadv, John Raphael Lundon, Charles Stephen Morris, Emily Elizabeth Nicol, James Purtell, Michael Joseph Savage, Sidney Takle, *William Augustus Thompson, * William Wallace, and Samuel Zobel. AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD Auckland Harbour Board (city representatives), 4 vacancies, 10 nominations:— ♦Thomas Bloodworth, George Leonard Brett, George Rowland Hutchinson, ♦Eric Wyles Inder, ’Joseph Boyce Johnston, Oscar Mcßrine, Charles Stephen Morris, ’Walter Harry Murray, Harvey Turner, Robert Frederick Way.. ♦lndicates sitting members. MOUNT EDEN Mayor: Mr. E. H. Potter. Council: Messrs H. M. Brvden. S. E. Chappell, D. C. Fraser, J. P. Hooton, L. Joll. W. G. Lange, J. M. Melville, R. M. Morrison, F. Morris, S. Newcomb, H. N. Preston, J. Smith, G. L. Taylor, and W. Wooley. MOUNT ALBERT Mayor: Mr. L. E. Rhodes, Captain W. Attwell. Council:—A ward: Messrs W. G. Russell, D. Floyd, J. P. H. Elliott, H. L. Kaves. B ward: Messrs D. H. Davis, B. J. Harbutt, B. Brighan. C ward: Messrs E. Stevenson, W. D. Fulton, J. Langley, A. A. Buckley. D ward: Messrs J. Purtell. J. Taylor. Mrs. L. Patterson, and Mr. R. J. Allinghan. ONEHUNGA Mayoralty.—Mr. W. Mclntosh. Mr. J. E. Green, Mr. W. C. Coldicutt. Council. —Messrs. H. Campling. J Carlton, F. H. Dodd, T. R. Gilbert, W C. Hill, T. R. Lipscombe, P. S. Lamont, W. Martin, I. Moor, E. Morton, R. G. Speight, H. A. Stoupe, F. Vella. Harbour Board. —Mr. M. H. Wynyard. AVONDALE Maypr: Mr. H. Tiarks, Mr. P. Richardson, Mr. T. H. Spargo. Council:—South ward: Messrs W. Pendlebury, J. V. Riesterer, J. W. Kealey Jnr., C. D. Jones, A. Blomeley, T. W. Wilson. Central ward: Messrs P. Wright, H. Potter, C. S. Butcher, J. B. Qlarke. North ward: Messrs J. Edmision, A. P. Haslam. J. E. Ellis, G. R. Desmond, J. D. McKenzie and W. H. Manning. TAKAPUNA Mayor: Mr. J. D. Morison, Mr. W. W. Williamson. Council: Mrs. A. Bloomfield, Messrs T. 11. Appleby, J. E. Close, T. Collins, G. Creamer, J. Davis, F. E. Gaugin, A. M. Gould, R. H. Greville, I. Guineven, J. Hawes, T. W. Hayden, C. Meckley, G. Macolm, O. Moller, H. J. Preston, A. H. C. F. Sommerfteld, A. H. Wilkie, M. L. Wilkins.

WAITE MATA ELECTRIC POWER BOARD Messrs J. AV. Canby. A. K. slade. R. H. Greville, G. W. Hayden, O. Moller, J. Morrison. M. E. Thompson, J. D. Tonar, J. Wallace. BIRKENHEAD Mayor: Mr. E. G. Skeates. Council: Messrs. A. H&dfield. W. H. Payne, R. M. Souster. T. I). H. Boles, L. R. Moller, H. Clark. G. B. Hewson. C. T. Furley, R. B. Spiers. W. B. Barlow and A. B. Jasper. MORRINSVILLE Lieut.-Colonel S. Allen was elected mayor unopposed.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CITIZENS’ COMMITTEE The Citizens’ Progressive Election Committee has issued the following reply to a statement from Mr. Baildon during his mayoralty campaign last evening, to the effect that he was unaware of who constituted the committee. his exact expression in reply to a question as to who the committee were being “Search me.” The Citizens’ Committee is open to receive any reputable citizen as a member, and the fact that it is by no means an organisation formed by one interest, is best shown by quoting the names of the bodies which appointed representatives to act on the committee. The full list of the committee was recently published in THE SUN, but electors will be interested to know that other organised bodies appointed the following members: Chamber of Commerce: J. B. Grove, W. A. Phillips. J. R. Rendell, N. Stewart. Industrial Association: J. Findlay, B. Buttle. Welfare League, in 1925: R. Burns, E. W. Inder, J. M. Caughey. H. Goldie. Employers’ Association: A. Spencer, J. C. Entrican, F. Prior. P. Birch. Jas. Lowe. S. E. Wright. Karangahape Road Business Men's Association: H. Thomas, E. E. Kitchener, W. Wade. City West Ratepayers’ Association: W. H. Murray. H. P. Taylor. Remuera East Ratepayers’ Association: R. G. Slyfleld, G. R. Hutchinson, jun.

PUKEXOHE ELECTIONS NOMINATIONS COMPLETE THREE MAYORAL ASPIRANTS (From Our Own Correspondent.) PUKEKOHE, To-day. Nominations for the municipal elections closed yesterday. The following have been nominated: Mayoralty.— Messrs. J. Routby, J. Patterson and C. K. Lawrie. Council.—Messrs. G. H. Armstrong, *J. Bellhouse, A. F. Brown, C. Bonner, J. J. Coadby. W. McPherson, *F. J. Morrow, *G. T. Parvln, *J. P. Roe, W. J. Short, F. W. Stembridge, W. J. Wiley. Power Board. —Messrs. G. W. Armstrong. A. F. Brown, C. K. Lawrie, *G. T. Parvin, *J. Patterson. • The asterisk denotes ihe sitting members. WHANGAREI ELECTIONS SEARCHING OUT CANDIDATES THE LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS fFrom Our Own Correspondent.) WHANGAREI, To-day. Several local men were waited upon by deputations yesterday asking them to accept nomination for election to the Whangarei Borough Council, or as borough representatives on the hospital and harbour boards. Those who have already signified their intention of seeking office are as follow: Borough Council—Councillors E. O. W. Tibbits, A. D. Jack, A. T. Brainsby, A. M. Rust, D. Meikle, L. W. Nelson, W. J. Orr. A. H. Curtis, L. T. Pickmere and J. C. Henderson Hospital Board —Mrs. Donaldson and Messrs. D. A. McLean, R. G. Hosklng, F. Higglnson and A. H. Curtis. Whangarei Harbour Board—The sitting members, Messrs. J. E. Holmes and R. G. Hosklng are likely to be returned unopposed, since Mr. A. D, Jack has withdrawn to seek reelection to the borough council.