THE AUCKLAND CONTESTS.

Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18325, 26 April 1917, Page 4

THE AUCKLAND CONTESTS.

(By Telegraph.—Special to Star.) AUCKLAND, April 26. The polling in AucikJiand and the euibmrhs was 4>y no meaufi heavy, which as ,to some extent accounted for by the Ainaac Day celeba-ationft. In the city wihere tJiere ane 27,700 elec-' toes on the roll the polling: was particularly light. Mr Eii!trioa,n headed the poll with 5321 vote, Mr Nterhetny giaiing! second place with 4(618 votes, and Miiss Melville third place with 4607. Ttfoe ilpmjly .Mkuyoral pontesits were at Mlt. Eden., Onehunga, amd OtahuEu. Much initenest was centred in the Mt. Eden elections, the .sitting Mayor, Mr Nicholson, being re-elect-ed. . . At Oneilmiigia. a trianguiar contest resulted in the retuirn of Mr J. - J. Boyd 1, wihiJle Mr A. M. McDonald was elected Mayor of Otaihuihu. There were contests for all suburban Borough Council seats except Newanarket, wher«i both the Mayor and councillors had been returned i unopposed. The only Harbour Board contest. was for th« Mt. Eden seat, for which the sitting memiber, Mr W. E. Hut-! ch.ison>, was rettirned. j In the case of the Hospital Boaird five city aeaite wore thie only one« 'contested. The candidates being the fi\t3 retiring moißbers, rmd three new aspirants. TSi© electdon resulted i:i Mr .T. T. Hoski-'n-jr, replacing Mr A. Hall- Sbelton on the Board/ AUCKLAND, April 26. For the Hospital Board the successful candidates were Dr. Florence Keller 6344 votes, Mr Nerheny 4743, Mr Knijht 4~162, Mr Mockay 4115, Mr Homing 3720. Tlie un'succ^ssful cjandidates wer* Dr. Pabst 3679 votes, Mr Hall Skelton 3595, Mr Brinsden 3448. For the Harbour Board the polling was Hutchison 2252, . Bradney HB7.