COUNTIES NOMINATE FOR POSITIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17836, 3 May 1926, Page 5

COUNTIES NOMINATE FOR POSITIONS.

ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN SOME PLACES. To-day at noon nominations closed for parlous county Jocal bodies. The following: have been received:- v WAIRUWA COUNCIL. " ' Riding—Morrison BarOnen.hl .■ a Ci ™Pman. .fames Openshaw Coop. Thomas Thompson. F.r S:* Riding—Frank Coop, Walter Rov f-aikinson, Thomas Charles With- . Rid 'ng— I Thomas Feather, J The e , : tV Jr/" ton " Dudley Richards, the candidates are wanted for Little foY KaUunS®’ ‘ W ° f ° r KiDl ° ch and POWER BOARD. Only two nominations were received Bo«fH a Vt° n . Banks Peninsula Power Board from Wairewa County and two <• requ,rod ; The following are WaRe f r° r par£mson tCd: Jameß Chapman, HEATHCOTE COUNTT. _ The following nominations have been Countv d Counci? BatS °" th « «“«>cot. Brook°" ■?a i #Sr- WiUiam Kerr ’ J ° h " Lewis m ßinitm d io^° hn Hillsborough Riding-—Albert Henry Adam, John Flinders Scott. Valley Riding—Charles Flavell. Cashmere Riding—Walter William P. John Leonard Banks, Harold Lightband. rml?- Un i£ r* lf ’ a fant Riding—Birtwistle Riley, Frederick Humphrey, Dare Gale. Two candidates are required for the Cashmere Riding, and one for each of the others. Sitting members nominated are: \V. Kerr, J. H. Moore, A. H. Adam, C. Fluvell. W. W. Scarff, B. Riley. WAIPARA. Hurunul Riding—H. E. Thompson (sitting member) and J. Quigley. Waitohi—Frederick Dalzell, H. T. Little, and Is. A. Rutherford. Waikari—T. Allan (sitting member). J. Rollo, W. L. Wright. Waipara—D. J. Doak (sitting member), J. R. Maxwell and D. M'Lachlan. Teviotdale—A. Cameron (sitting member), R. O. Duncan, S. Taylor. Stonyhurst—Norman Campbell (sitting member) and B. B. Oibb. Hospital Board—Henry H. Holland (elected unopposed). WESTLAND. (Special to the “Star.”) „ HOKITIKA, May 3. P or the county elections Messrs J. A. Murdoch and B. Ward have been returned unopposed for the Northern Riding and Messrs W. H. Chinn, .J. Donovan, W\ Jeffries and W. Searle have been returned unopposed for the Southern Riding. For the Central Riding there are six candidates for the three seats, namely: Messrs H. A. Baucke, H. A. Boddlngton, T. R., Chesterman, M. Keenan, H. L. Morel and E. A. Wills. For the positions of county representatives on the Hokitika Harbour Board Messrs W. H. Houston and C. J. Nightingale were returned unopposed. For the Westland Power Board Messrs T. W. Bruce, W. J. Butler, T. R. Chesterman, H. L. Morel, J. A. Murdoch, R. F. Penham, B. Ward, E. A. Wells and Robert Whiley were returned unopposed. For the six seats on the Westland Hospital Board Messrs G. Davidson. W. Jeffries, Robert Meharry, H. L. Morel and E. A. Wells were elected. The sixth seat is to be filled by the Westland County Council. Mr T. W. Duff, who has been a member of the Westland County Council for twenty-four years, did not seek re-election, and .also retired froni the Hospital and Power Boards.