WAITAKI SEAT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21179, 28 October 1938, Page 8

WAITAKI SEAT

Magisterial Recount Application by Labour Candidate By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, October 27. Mr D. Barnes, the defeated Labour candidate for the Waitaki seat, has lodged an application for a Magisterial recount of the votes cast in his electorate. At the election, Mr Barnes, who held the Waitaki seat for the Government in the last Parliament, was unseated at the election by the National candidate, Mr D. C. Kidd, who obtained a majority of ten votes on the official count. This was a reduction of 52 votes on the majority he received at the preliminary count. TIMARU LICENSING FIGURES FINAL RESULT TO HAND The final figures for the licensing poll in the Timaru electorate have been announced by the Returning Officer (Mr W. Harte) as follows.— Continuance 7677 State Control 613 Prohibition 3930 Informal 254 The additional votes were made up as follows: Absentee—Continuance 368, State Control 39, Prohibition 174, and Informal 10. Postal—Continuance 206, State Control 9, Prohibition 96 and informal 1. Seamen —Continuance 4. Declaration—Continuance 5 and prohibition 4.

OTAGO CENTRAL MR BODKIN’S MAJORITY By Telegraph—Press Assocta»4qr DUNEDIN, October 27. The final figures for Central Otago are:— W. A. Bodkin (N.) .. .. 5325 J. M. Mackay (L.) .. .. 3992 Informal 38 Majority for Bodkin .. 1231 Absentee votes were:— Bodkin 234, Mackay 348; postal, Bodkin 85, Mackay 72; declaration, Bodkin 2, Mackay 3. AUCKLAND DISTRICT RETURNS FOR FIVE SEATS By Telegraph Pin* A.-wociauoe AUCKLAND, October 27. In the final count Mr W. T. Anderton (Labour), received an increase of only 14 in his majority over Mr D. Pool (National) in the Eden electorate. The final count was:— Anderton 8969 Pool 6636 Roskill A. S. Richards (L.) .. .. 8272 A. S. Bailey (N.) 6131 Auckland Central Hon. W. E. Parry (L.) .. 10,151 C. R. Dodd (N.) 3970 Auckland Suburbs Hon. H. G. R. Mason (L.) 8164 M. S. Walker (N.) .. .. 3302 F. Allen (I.) 238 Waitemata W. J. Lyon (L.) 7806 J. E. Close (N.) 5545 GREY LYNN FINAL RETURNS By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, October 27. The official count for the Grey Lynn seat shows an increased majority for Mr J. A. Lee (Labour) over Mr J. A. Govan (National), f 8607 votes, compared with the provisional majority of 8265. The final polling was:— J. A. Lee (L.) 11,584 J. A. Govan (N.) .. .. 2,977