YESTERDAY'S POLLING.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12408, 25 November 1908, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S POLLING.

THE NELSON SEAT. AN UNCERTAIN POSITION. MR GRAHAM LEADING. The second ballot to decide the representation in Parliament of twenty two electorates in which the leading candidates at tlid flrSt foil failed to secure actual majorities, took, place yesterday, with the results recorded below. ; ■-.-. •-■'. -~; ■-.-■■ Great interest centred in the conicst for the Nelson seat between .Messrs Graham and Atrhore, the position when- the last return for the night arrived being that .Mr Graham was leading by tweiity-Miree votes, jvith two shiall returns and the seaomen's votes , seventeen in number, ;yet to he received. As will he jseen from the details, Uie voting-was '.fairly hoavj r, owing to the determinod efforts put forih- b"y both parties. After tlio poll closed a largo crowd in ihe-street.opposite "The office, whore the returns ; were' shown by limelight as on the .night of the first ;ba]lof. .'.The first seven or eight returns were in Mr Atmore's favour, and at one time, he had a-majority of- niore than 200 over his opponent.'- Mr Graham, -'howovor,-made xip.lost grourid at the Provincial Hall; and later returns .trom. Richmond and" the. Foresters'' ; Hall gave him a solid lead. Succeeding returns again favoured Mr' Atmore, and excitement ran high to:wards the ond of tho display, ihe : position being .as. stated when the last return received was thrown on .'the screen. The details of the volr ing were as follows: — r

,«. ;<-.-3: ■ o w. g Crail Bay .., ... .„. n 5 0 Wairangi ... ... ... 0 5 0 Portage ■ ... .„ ... -4. 7< 0 1 ranch Pass ... 9 8 0 i ■ Whakfttaliuri ... ... 15 0 Q f Vhßn-a-Hoa ..,■.;. K IT - o Nydia Bay •- ... ... 25 29 0 ... ... .„. 17 4 0 Whangarae^ ...-.., 0 9 0 .Waitaria :^/ ...... -8' 9 0 Admiralty Bay ... ... 12 '4 0 Waikawa Bay ....... 10 19 0 Port. ... ...... v . 240 197 1 Kamma ... ... ... 28 4 0 : , ■.. ■■:'} : n Homewood ...... ... 10 f 0 S-^c, - • 44 % 46 0 Brook Street ... ... 210 107 2 Clifton Terrace .~ ... 25 41 0 Canvastown ... ... 45 , '61 n Oddfellows' Hall ... 694 548 2 Keneperu ....'... ... '9 12 0 Hampden Street ... 151 188 0 Hope .... ... „;- ... 47 32 0 Stoko .,-„.•..... ... ... 132 129 0 Happy Valley ... ... 42 39 0 -Hillside ... ... ... 10 45 0 Manaroa .... ... ... 12 6 0 Wood School ... ... 101 123 0 Provincial Hall ... ...i-892 503 3 Aniseed Valley ... .»;' v 12 "7 0 Appleby - ..... .;.-.;.. \., 24- 23 0 Cooper's, "Pelorus ... 5. 10 0 , Elaine Bay ... : ..;' 2 9 0 Carluko - ... ...... '58 41 0 Flat .Creek ... .... ... 20 21 O Foresters' Hall ... ... 201 325 0 Deep Creek^ ........ 24 8 0 Mahau .:. ....;. 7 3 0 Richmond - .r. ... ' : 182 214 0 -Steven's Island , : . ■ no poll taken. Brightlands ... ... 12 0 0 Buhvar ... ... ... , Tira-ora (Nor' West Bay) - Totals ....... ... 2858 2811 . 9 The voting at ; the first ballot was. as under : — ■."■--•■ ' 'i f I v. ■ . h pg § <a . . -4 cb 3 fl Oddfellows' Hall ... 624 499 74 9 Provincial HaU ... 449. . 509' 38 10 tfaurpden-straet ... 164 208 "20' ■-• 4 Wrook-sttoet ... 164 114 "23 2 ' FoMstera' Hall ... 165 322-27 5 Port ... ... ... 195-209 8 4 Stoke... 108 134 16 2 The Wood ... ... 92 112 18 2. rfope ... ... ... 52 32 5 1 Ricnmond ... ... 140 175 39 4 Clifton Terrace ... 26 43 4 0 HUlaide ... ... 9 47 4 ' 0 ' Happy Valley ... 33 35 11 1 Eanzau T ... ... "39 £4 8 3 Appleby .:. .„ 20 Zd 10 Deep Creek :.. ... 23 11 0 O.i Canvastown... ..'..'48 58 2 . 0,' 1 Waitam .:. . ... 6 9-0 0 Waikawaßay ... 0 20 0 0..| Kaiuma ... ... 26 1 4 0 Mauaroa ;.. ... 15 * 00 Homewo d- ... ... v 8 9' 0 0 Whangarie ... ... . 4 12 ' 0 : 0 Wfikatalrari ... .„ 17 >- : f r '- 0 0 Carluke ... ... 59 49 ■ 1 1 French Pass... ... 28 7 0 0 Portage" ... ... 9 11 ■' 0 0 Crail Bay • ... ... 11 . 4 0 0 Wairangi ... ... 5 9 0 0 Cooper's House ... 4 - 5 0 0 Elaineßay ... .... 9 0. 0 Wangam-a ....... 12 12 1 0 ■■'Pl.t Creek...,. ... 20 16 0 ; 0 Whatiuulti ■:■.. . ... 37 0 0 Stephen's Island ... 0 5-0 0 St. Onwr ... : ... 18 1 1 0 Waitai ... ... 8 .10 .00 Nydiaßay ... ... 27 26 0 0 Admiralty Bay ... 4 3- o^o Malian :.. ... 830 1 Aniseed .Valley ... 7 7-10 Tia-Ora (N.W. v ßay) 7 9 0 0 Eeneperu Head ... 7 11 ?■ 0 Bulwer . ... ..... 11 10 0 ; Brishtlands ..;. .... 8 0 0, 0 ? Absent voters and ■ . .' seamen's permits... 33 50 9- 0 :' /? ."■ ■•■.'-■; - V> -271-4 2909, 317 49