SUMMARY.

Colonist, Volume XXX, Issue 5024, 6 October 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

SUMMARY.

The CITY COUNCIL ELECTION. Vrrnt considerable interest was taken in thP Municipal election, which took place on ant 8 o*the six candidates who had been mina'ted- three were seeking re-election, n£fthough, it was stated that considerable Xts were being made to oust certain of Ec ibe result of the polling has been to Jjpfllare j a n0 uncertain manner renewed confidence in those who for twelve months have Irved the citizens. The total number of votes reooraed—B97—shows that general intereSt is being taken in the good government nf tbe City, and this fact is certainly highly satisfactory. It was announced that the declaration of the poll, which only closed at sit o'clock, would ba made at half-past eight, and with the number of papers that had to be cone through—the timo necessitated that not more than about ten seconds should be allowed for the examination of each paper - i Mr Alfred Greenfield, the Eeturning Officer, and Mr H. V. Gully, the Town Clerk, are I certainty to be complimented upon their having accomplished their task within so, ibort a "time. A few minutea before the appointed hour, the doors of the Council Chamber were thrown open, and as considerable numbers had been waiting outside, only those who were very punctual were enabled to gain admission. Precisely at 830 p.m, Mr Greenfield said ho would proceed to cive the numbers polled by each candidate, and to declare the three who received the highest number o£ votes elected. He then road the numbers as follows :— Akersten .. .. •• 577 Stringer 45a' Webster .. .. •• 380 Brown .... 314 j Bolton .. .. 295 Lock .... 148 He then declared Messrs Akersten, Stringer, and Webster duly elected, and he added that amongst the voting papers placed in the ballot-box eighteen were informal, thus leav»g 879 formal votes. (Applause.)