THE ELECTIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17026, 27 April 1923, Page 8

THE ELECTIONS.

PROCEDURE IN CITY POLLING. RETURNING OFFICER’S VIEWS. It is hoped that the final results of the council election will be known by Tuesday or Wednesday next, thougn it is quite impossible to forecast with any certainty. The first process, the scrutiny oi : the roll, was commenced this morning, and it is hoped, will be concluded by this evening, though it is not possible to give any accurate indication of the duration of the task. On the completion of the scrutiny the work of ascertaining the result by the transference of surplus preferences will be at once com mo need, and Mr Freeman, the deputy returning officer, is hopeful that appreciable progress will be made in this direction this evening, and that some further results will be available. First of all, however, the "informal votes must be carefully eliminated as the quota is computed only on the formal votes. Once the informal votes have been discarded and the total of the formal votes accurately known, the returning officer will know the quota which will determine the election of candidates. The transference of the preferences wTll then proceed until all the councillors required are elected. IN OTHER CENTRES. OTAKI. (Pier Press Association.) OTAKI, April 27. Mr J. P. Brandon was elected Mayor of Otaki. DANNIE VIRKE. (Per Press Association.) DANNEVIRKE, April 27. The election for the Mayoralty resulted :—Mr A. J. C. Runciman, 521; Mr G. I. Anderson (retiring Mayor), 450; Mr W. Dobson, 436. WELLINGTON. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 27. The proposal for the purchase of the K-e-lburn tramway by the city was defeated by 6182 votes to 2678. A loan of £95,000 for the Onslow district which was recently taken into the city w r as carried by 468 votes to 44. GORE. (Per Press Association.) GORE, April 27. The Mayoral election resulted:—D. L. Poppelwell. 645: David M’Dougall (retiring Mayor), 606. BLENHEIM. (Per Press Association.) BLENHEIM. April 27. By a small majority, Saturday was retained as the half-holiday. Mr J. J. Corry. for many years chairman of the Hospital Board, was defeated for a seat on the board. HASTINGS. (Per Press Association.) HASTINGS, April 27. The Hastings Mayoral election resulted:—Mr G. A. Madison (re-elected) 1716: Mr X. H. Beamish, 358. EKETAHUN A. (Per Press Association.) KKETAITUXA. April 27. Air W. Simpson was Mayor of Eketahima. by one vote. WAIPAWA. •Per Press Association.! WAIPAWA. April 27. The Waipawa Mayoral election resulted:—Mr H. M. Rathbone (sitting Mayor), 269; Mr G. Hunt. 228. AUCKLAND. (Per Press Association. . AUCKLAND, April 27. The City Council election resulted in the elect Ton of sixteen members of the eld council and five new members. The twenty elected were on either the Progressive, Citizens or P.P.A. tickets. Of twelve Labour candidates only Mr r. Bloodworth was elected. He was the firth on the list. All the loan proposals were carried-? They were Street £190,000. Tramways £20.000, Zoo extension £20.000, suburban libraries £16.000. INVERCARGILL. (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL. April 27. The half-holiday poll resulted in favour of Wednesday , (3871 votes) against Saturday (2443 votes). The reversion to Wednesday was largely influenced by the statement that Saturday closing had resulted in the loss of £9OOO a week to shopkeepFor the Council, the official Labour candidates were defeated. The poll was headed by Mr I. Glass and Mr H. J. Farrant, who unsuccessfully contested Invercargill at the general election as the Liberal-Labour candidate. TAURANGA. (Per Press Association.) TAURANGA, April 27. The Tauranga mayoral elections resulted: —Mr B. Dive (sitting .’Mayor) 403. Mr B. C. Robbins 397. TAUMARUNUI. (Per Press Association.) TAUMARUNI. April 27. The Taumarunui mayoral election resulted : Mr C. O. Marsack 285, Mr R. B. Williams 140. Mr G. F. Thompson 135. Mr A. S. Laird 99. WAIROA. (Per Press Associatiok.) WAIROA. April 27. The Wairoa mayoral election resulted : —Mr J. C-orkhill (sitting Mayor) 471. Mr J. Mayo 292. AUCKLAND. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND. April 27. The following were elected to the City Council : —Messrs G. Baildon, G Knight. J. A. Warnoek. G. R. Hutchinson. T. Bloodworth. -J. V. Hardley, J. A. C. Alluni. V . J. Stewart, j. Dempsey, A. J. Entrican, F. W. Brins. d«n. J. B. Paterscn, J. Donald. H. G. Garland, C. H. Furness. A. Thompson. S. 1. Crookes. Macindoe, J. Robertson. A. E. La wry and Miss E. Melville. The following were elected to the , harbour board:- Hon C. Alison, Messrs

Bloodworth, Clady, Carr, Henderson, 12. W. Inder, Bang, Mackenzie, M’Callura, Macindoe, Parr, Teasdale, W. Wallace and Wynyard. For the Hospital Board Messrs Baildon, M’Brine, Coyle. Potter, Dempsey, Rowe, K. Howittj-Wallace and Knight have been elected. WELLINGTON. (Per Pitxsfc AssocixnoK.) WELLINGTON, April 27. Owing to the heavy poll, the results of the election are unlikely to be known till late this afternoon, but at present Mr G. Mitchell, who stood down for the mayoralty, is leading for the city council, and only one Labour member (Mr Chapman) is in the first fifteen. Ten old members are among the leaders for the harbour board, and Messrs Mitchell, Bennett and Norwood, and Captain Post are all ahead of the Labour candidates. In the hospital board election most of the old members appear to be secure. CAMBRIDGE. (Per Press Association.') CAMBRIDGE, April 27. The mayoral election resulted : C. H. Priestley 489. Walter Stopford 267. • TE KUITI. (Pur Press Association.) TE KUITI. April 27. The Mayoral election resulted :—H. Rothery 549,—A. Blackman 376. A proposal in favour of the Saturday half-holiday was carried by a majority of 218. WELLINGTON. (Per. Press Association.) WELLIN GTON. April 27. The election of the City Council resulted:—G. Mitchell, W. J. Gaudin, H. D. Bennett, W. H Bennett, M. Luckie. T Forsyth, B. G. Burn, JBurn, F. Meadowcroft, S. H. Chapman, J. Ashton, W. J. Thompson, A. L. Montith, A W Parton. Mrs A. M*Vicar. The#e were thirty-five candidates, Messrs Chapman and Monteith were the only Labour candidates elected. The F&H owing were elected to the harbour board:—G. Mitchell, H. D. Bennett, C. J. Norwood and Captain Post. INVERCARGILL. (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, April 27. At yesterday’s poll the ratepayers carried proposals to establish a fire board and to construct tepid baths. WAIHI. (Per Press Association.) WAIHI, April 27. The Mayoral election resulted :—W. M. Wallnutt 1024, D. Donaldson (sitting Mayor) 427. NEW PLYMOUTH. ("Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, April 27. The municipal elections resulted in the return of five old councillors, one candidate who was associated with them or the ticket, and two, including Mr -S G. Smith, M.P., who were included in the Citizens' Committee ticket. The Labour candidates were badly beaten. The election is an emphatic win. for the Mayor (Mr F. E. Wilson) who was unopposed. The Saturday half-holiday was retained by a substantial majority.