MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144084, 1 May 1913, Page 7

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

KEENLY CONTESTED LOCALLY. RETIRING MAYOR RE-ELECTED. A DECISIVE MAJORITY, The Municipal elections at New Plymouth, involving contests for the Mayoralty, the Borough Council, and the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, aroused much more interest than usual and all three were keenly contested. Polling was rather quiet during the morning, but as the day advanced the town and suburbs presented a very live appearance, all available .motorcars and cabs having been requisitioned by the respective candidates in order to convey electors to the different polling booths, and in addition a fairly large number of private vehicles wore also placed at the disposal of some of tho candidates. Chief interest centred in tho Mayoral contest between Mr. G. W. Browne, the retiring Mayor, and Mr. J. S. S; Medley, who was also Mr. Browne’s opponent at the previous Mayoral election. On this occasion Mr. Medley had tho official support of the Labour Party, and it was generally anticipated that the poll would. be a very close one —closer than that of last year, when tho voting was 70-1 against 639 in favour of Mr. Browne. This was not so, however, and the retiring Mayor scored a. very decisive victory, his "majority being 570. The detailed figures of the voting are as follow, the figures being given in tho order in which tho results were announced; —

\ Majority for Browne, 570. RETURNING THANKS. Loud applause greeted Mr. Browuo when he made his - appearance at the front of the Town Hall. He briefly expressed his deep appreciation of the renewed expression of confidence in his administration on the part of tho electors, and the splendid majority shown in his favour. Ho assured all of his intentions immediately to push on tho tramway scheme. With regard to his candidature for .the Hospital Board, he felt it to bo only a right and proper thing, in view of its heavy contributions to the board’s funds, for tho Borough Council to be directly represented, and so able to watch that expenditure. Again thanking the electors, tho Mayor said that one thing ho could assure them was that when ho “handed over” tho town to them again it would be as clean ns it was mow. , : Mr. Medley thanked all those who had cast their votes in Ids favour. He was sorry to say that he had been “done Brown” (laughter), but, ho said, no harm had been done, and he hoped Mr. Browno would como up to tho scratch again. This Mr. Browno assured his hearers ho would do, whereupon Mr. Medley remarked that he had been scratched this time. “My only aim in standing,” continued tho defeated candidate, “was for the " progress of the town, and I shall continue to do everything in my power towards that end.” He concluded by saying he had failed, but that liis, committee and supporters had put up a good fight, and he was pleased that the contest had been friendly and without any personalities. (Applause.) Ho took this opoprtunity of thanking his committee for all it had done in furthering his candidature, and again thanked those who had voted for him. Hearty cheers wore given for the Mayor and Mr. Medley.

BOROUGH COUNCIL. For the twelve seats on tho Borough Council there were fourteen candidates, the voting being as follows, the order in which the results were announced again being followed: eOlo4oiTl<tooos(M«tOlMpt^ ■T *OW ’O -e* CO CO OO CO O LO CD V- ■—l OO 35 00 L U COCMCO«I!OI'ICOCOCOC<3CO<NO3CO <m r- on-' a !N >h oo 01 as to <n Ci C 3 CO i— l r-i Cl i—l I—i Cl CO C 5 r-t P n 5E StJ 3[ Cl r-H d CO CO d CO CO Cl CO d Cl Cl CO 7 ‘OfrJ *n CO O 05 00 00 IO I''* CD O O r-4 Cl r-f 6 dr-tClddr-idCIdCOddCOCO 05 d CO C 5 CO lO ».0 r-i CO CO rH Cl CO • Cr\ rrrn i t d 05 rH CO CO O Cl iO CU" Q rH Cl CO ’ pug; OQCOrHgiOOiHWCOWOTfHdrjJ 00 COCI r-UO t-CD CO O CO CO r-j l i >1 r^^^’’^,_!CoCT:)CQCoC,:iCo ' rf[;r:i •IT HBSO A TjiCU^TjfrlidTjiTTiCO’^dCO^rf Q-MdCOOCO^COCOr-I^CDaOrH co d ci co ci d ci ci d co d d d co i * 2-id ® * • * 2 * ' ' * ilis b s|J TOTALS. SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. tJ. Kibby 1576 +J. E. Wilson 1547 *W. A. Collis 1537 tJ. Clarke 1531 G. Tabor 1481 fF. FI. Jackson 1475 +W. Ambury 1115 W. Healy 1397 A. H. Johnstone 1371 A. Clarke 1342. t,T. T. Mannix 1279 N. T. Maunder 1208 DEFEATED CANDIDATES. +G. W. Hartnell ; 1034 fj. Buttimore 915 tDenotes members of previous council. * Denotes a member of a former comicil.

HOSPITAL BOARD. For the three seats on tho Hospital and Charitable Aid Board there were six candidates and special interest attached to the contest owing to tho fact that tho candidates included a lady, Mrs. E. Dockrill, Details of polling: — CO r-l lo 00 V- <-l •png -pma gSSSS" ■u A filly 4S s>S«ooocr f-1 ’S -oyr puiuoQ Q OD (M CON *0 •pna SS3AV 2003 UrH h-OVD ©4 CO O X -ojq D-nnoo .r n ™tT OS<UOt-O'M, -WE qSppixzn jjj co tji co r-i •co.miorvr cocooot^OiH * J '- COfMr-iODCO • •U, U O'l I d3o A •UAio;sa A y ::: 2 : ; : j i * u ; : S) <B -3 == t; g 3 £ o‘J2 TOTALS. SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. tF. C. J. Bellringer 1464 Mrs. E. Dockrill... 1236 tG. W. Browne 1093 UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. E. R, C. Gilmour 849 tW. Cutfiold 575 A. E. AVatkins .202 tDenotes members of previous board. Mr. F. T. Bellringer (Town Clerk) acted as returning officer in all three contests,' and his arrangements wore all that could bq desired. Everything passed off without a hitch. A largo crowd assembled ih the vicinity of tho Town Hall to hear tho results of the polling. The Herald had made arrangements whereby the returns wore thrown upon a screen which had- been fixed up on tho balcony of the Town Hall, and tho proprietary are indebted to Air. J. C. Mordy for the nao of his lantern and for operating same, and to Air. Rich for writing the results on tho slides. 'WAITARA HARBOUR BOARD. The following aro the results of tho poll for six seats on the AVajtara Harbour Board;— AV. Birdling 468 AA'. F. Jenkins ... 466 J. Hine 439 H. E. A’anghan 411 R. T. Hicks 386 A. W. Ogle 359 E. Beckbcssinger 339 J. H. Smith 317 J. Rattenbury 313 H. J. S. Brookman 266 The first six gentlemen wore duly elected. RESULTS ELSEWHERE. . AVELLINGTON. For the Alayoralty, Mr. J. P. Luke polled 9994 votes, and Air. D. APLaren 9486, a majority for Air. Luke of 508. ONLY ONE LABOUR MAN. The following are the complete returns of those elected to tho City Council:—R. Fletcher (I.) 10,835, AV. H. P. Barber (A.) 10,018, J. Fuller, jii’ii. (I.) 9740, A. R. Atkinson (A.) 9629. R. A. -Wright (A.) 9287, G. Frost (A.) 9240, L. M’Kenzie (A.) 9143, T. C. A. Hislop (A.) 8177, J. Godber (A.) 8444. A. H. Hindmarsh (L.) 8203, H. Buddie (A.) 8114, AV[ J. Thompson (A.) 7910, J. Trevor (A.) 7691, F. Cohen (I.) 7657, AI. F. Luckie (A.) 7656. Tlie letters A, I, and L represent the Association ticket, Independent ticket, and tho Labour ticket. Harbour Board.—R. Flotchor, R. A. AA’riglit, J. G. Cobbe, Maurice Cohen, C. E. Daniel, A. H. Hindmarsh, C. AV. Jones, A. D. Kennedy, J. AA r . Al’Ewan; A. M’Farlane, H. L. Nathan, J. Trevor, D. J. AVatson, W. Hildreth. AVBSTPORT. There was a record polling, at the elections to-day. Results:—Alayoralty: A. Leaver (elected) 1045, T. Q. O’Brien 643,, T- Samuel 306. Messrs. Alnnro and Scanlon were elected to the Harbour Board. BLENHEIM. For tho Alayoralty, Councillor E. S. Parker (837) defeated the sitting Alayor, Mr. J. J. Corry (791).

GISBORNE. Mr. James Robert Kirk, solicitor, formerly of Nasoby, was elected Mayor of Gisborne. The figures were:—Kirk ,960, Dr. Collins 8-15, John Sheridan 523. FOXTON. There was keen interest evinced in the election for the Mayoralty. The results were: G. 11. Stiles 529, J. L. Harvey 199. TAIHAPE. The Mayoral election resulted: Mr. D. M'Lennan 469,'(Mr. H. D, Bennett 293. PALMERSTON NORTH. The complete returns are not yet in, but it is certain that the Wednesday half-holiday will he carried.- Messrs. M. Cohen and John Cohbo have been returned as members of the Wellington Harbour Board. The Mayor, Mr. J. A. Nash, was re-elected unopposed. MASTERTON. The Borough Council elections were keenly contested between the Labour and commercial interests. Only one straight-out Labour candidate was returned, and he-was a retiring councillor. The councillors elected were: Messrs. A. E. Winzenberg, R.:J. King, F. W. Temple, G. W. Sellar, W. Kemball, J. Candv; J. C. Ewington, E. Flanagan, and H. J. O’Leary. MORNINGTON. In Mornington, Mr. S. Solomon, the retiring Mayor, was defeated by Mr. A. p. McCarthy, by-89,6 y.oLcs to 261.,

NELSON'. The city Mayoral election resulted:— W. Lock 1226, W. W. Snodgrass 1134. CHRISTCHURCH; Tile Mayoral election resulted; —Mr. H- Holland (present Mayor) 7869, Dr. Thacker 4055, Mr. T. J. M'Brido (Social Democratic candidate) 3577. For councillors on the Central and St. Albans wards the Citizens’ Association ticket was returned. In Sydenham the Social Democratic ticket was returned (all re-elcctcd). In Linwood one Social Democratic and two Citizens’ Association candidates were returned. The City returned four supporters of the Sumner canal to the Harbour Board. The vote on the statutory half-holiday resulted in Saturday being selected, the voting being: Saturday 9326, Thursday (the present half-holiday) 5454NEW BRIGHTON. Mr. C. H. Winny was elected to the Mayoralty. LYTTELTQN. Mr. J. R. Webb was elected Mayor. RICCARTON. At the Mayoral election Mr. W. H. Reynolds was returned, TIMARU. , Mr. W. Anghmd was elected Mayor out of four candidates by a majority of 28 over Mr. T. Hawkey, the present Mayor. INVERCARGILL. For the Mayoralty Mr. Duncan MT'arlano defeated Air. Andrew Bain by 77 voles. , The council elections resulted in the return of eleven members of the Citizens’ ticket and one Labour candidate, who was a member of the last council. The weather was showery, but the polling was fairly heavy. WANGANUI. Great interest was taken in the elections to-day, seven issues being hcJorc the public, Mr. T. B. Williams was elected Mayor, and Thursday was selected as the half-holiday. WESTPORT. For the Hospital Board there were ten candidates M'or four seats. The successful ones were: Messrs. Greenwood 1228. Larson 1076, M'Donald 895, and Lange 868; and for the Borough Council , of 21 candidates the successful ones were: Messrs. Larsen 1186, Hagedorn 1128, Lange 997, Mac Kay 945, M'Donald 903, Gillen 891, Harkfer 863, Hutton 74-5, and Sproule 726. NAPIER. In the Mayoral election Mr. J. V. Brown polled 8129, and Mr. J. P. Thompson 1121. In the Harbour Board election for three members representing the Napier borough, Mr. J. V. Brown polled 2278, Mr. J. J. Niven 1924. Mr. F, W. Williams 1855. Mr. W. J. M'Grath 1854. Hon. J. D„ Ormond 1817, Mr. H. J. Holder 1789, and Mr. D M'Grath, inn., 380. Messrs. Brown, Ormond and Holder advocated the completion of the breakwater and tint harbour. Messrs. Niven, Williams and W. J. M'Grath advocated the construction of an inner harbour to admit vessels of deep draught. The election excited a good deal of interest owing to the rival tickets. DUNEDIN. The Mayoral election resulted: —Mr. Stewart 5527, Mr. Belcher 4363, Mr. Shacklock 3699. AUCKLAND. SATURDAY HOLIDAY CARRIED. The City Council elections resulted in the return of thirteen members of the old council and five now members,' including Miss E. Melville. The Mayors of suburban boroughs were elected as follows : —Grey Lynn, George Baildon; Onohunga, John Rowe. ■ In the Harbour Board election Mr. Alison was the only sitting member defeated. ' _ For the Hospital Board the elections resulted in a majority of reform candidates being elected. Dr. Florence Roller headed the poll. In the half-holiday poll there was a majority of 1803 for Saturday. 'IIAWERA. Voting on tho half-holiday resulted in Wednesday being retained. FEILDING. 1 In tho Mayoral election Mr. A. M. Ongley defeated Mr. E. Goodbehere, the sitting Mayor, by five votes. It was the heaviest poll on record. Mr. ..Ongley is most prominent in athletics. He is captain or both cricket and football clubs and champion tennis player. In the poll on the half-holiday Wednesday was carried. MARTON. Mr. J. E. Miles was elected Mayor ,by a majority of 123 votes over Sir. Sicely. Tho lour Labour nominees for tho council were badly defeated. FOXTON. Thirteen candidates offered themselves for election, tho following being elected:—-J. Chrystall, Thomas Henderson, Geo. Coley, 6. Whibley, L. Freeman, Geo. Barber, Alex. Sperm, D. Green,/and S. Read. For the Poxtoh Harbour Board there were throe nominations for two seats. P. J. Heunessy (the present chairman) and P. B. Jenks were elected. PAHIATUA. In the mayoral contest David Crewe, tho sitting Mayor, polled 280 votes, J. D. Wilson, an ex-Mayor, 270. INGLEWOOD. The result of the poll for Borough Councillors was; —Fawcett 217, W. H. Humphrey 201, Geo. Taylor 198, F. . Spurdlo 188, Tarplee 188, Gibbs 185, and Patterson 174.- The first 6 were declared duly elected. Voting for the halfholiday was:—Monday 1, Tuesday 1, Wednesday 3, Thursday 244, Friday nil, Saturday 40, thus leaving Thursday an easy winner.

For tho Hastings seat on tho Napier Harbour Board, Mr. Lane, inner harbour candidate, ■ was re-elected by a sweeping majority over Messrs. A. L. D. Eraser, M’Cormick and Fowler. THE AUCKLANDHALF-HOLIDAY. The complete results of tho half-holi-day poll are: Saturday 10,390, Wednesday 6763. WELLINGTON HOSPITAL BOARD. AVELLINGTON, May 1. Tlie final results of tho poll for the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board were not available. Until 2 o’clock this afternoon. The poll is headed by Dr. (Aire.) Platts Mills, the Rev. Mr. A T anstaveren is second and tbe R-ev. Air. Elliott third. Three Labour representatives were among the successful candidates, including Mrs.Maclaren, wife of tho Alayor.

Broivno. Medley. Inf. Frankleigh Park 43 5 — Wes town 14 30 — Fitzrov 155 49 ■ v, 1 St., Aubvn Central No. 1 67 79 — Booth 250 160 1 Moturoa 23 39 1 East End 270 161 0 West End Central No. 2 126 69 , — Booth 826 180 7 Vogeltown .. 76 9 — Totals 1350 780 12