The Elections

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6221, 16 December 1914, Page 1

The Elections

t (Mt. Benger Mail.), tonaidcraoiu uiibTesi was xiiainießtecl ui me uieuuous oil ittiunuuy and uy mo tune tne returns commenced to coine 111 tnere was a ciowd in LUy VICUUIy Ul tlie pObb OUiCu. speculation was rue as to Uio Uuai ruaua ana eacn siue wa& conuuent 01 success. Aa eacn return eanie in interest ljjireaseu tnc lonouing ones were eagerly awaiteu. blackguards were ranged 011 a piauorm m uoat 01 the rost uilice ana as the returns arrived Uiey. were written up. llie Oaeneiors,. wlio Uad aituugca au open air concert in aid 01 me ijeigian liedel l'unu, iiaa a staging erected ai tne siue oi cue i'ost Uince uucl a large screen arranged luiuier back , and other limelight views. During intervals between the receipt oi returns a number oi songs were rendered by Airs i J enneii ( Airs Uutnbertson. and Messrs bob Gordon, lMyin, anu .uiioii and a bagpipe selection uy iiir* J. lUciionald, uliilo a number ot selections auU patriotic airs were played by tlie Koxburga liraas band. Aliss played Liie accompaniments, and at the conclusion oi eaen item contributions were solicited and coins were ireeJy throw n on to the staging. C ollectors were also busy among tlie crowd and tlieir solicitations were U'eely responded to. A sheep, donated uy Air ttoodhouse, was tlie means 01 ormgjug m a lair amount, and two lons oi coal, donated by Air 1(. Alc.Hierson. several lots oi iruit, donated by Messrs

helped lo swell tin: proceeds. When 1 the hnal count ol the cash was made it wa» louud that about had been raised, wluen, alter expenses are deducted will leave ul least i-uU lo be dona Led to llio fund, 'this is lndeeu highly satislactory. 'Jur Ahllers Flat correspondent writes—l'ulling day at Millers i'iai was quiui oniy uliout thirty votes being recorded up to il o clock, the main rusk taking place in the last couple of hours. ilie electoral results were made public very early, uut the voting oil llie licensing question was not announced till well on m the night. A fair crowd gathered round the L'ost Oliico in the evening to hear the results, a convenient blackbard being erected outside the olhce, and as the results came in they were posted up. During the evening the Millers l'lat Band enlivened the proceedings, otherwise things were very quiet. Blackeyes and broken noses were oniy promised on one occasion, but as the principals were on either side 01 the iron rail in iront ol the l'ost Uince and could not' reach one another the uiutter soun dropped, and the crowd dispersed about midnight.

THE LICENSING POLLS. Following is the result of the Licensing Polls in the Otago Central district :—Local Continuance 3,24J, Local No-L,censei 2,3-11) ; National Continuance 2,1)68 ; National No-License 2565.

OTAGU CiiiN 'l'JlAL. &. SCOTT 3352 \V. A. ISodkin . 2354 Boiiiiin buoU Aaseby Oi iiiuxunai'a 1(4 riiaCKSioue Jim . ji UBUllUJOUl lb 'frl biiCkd 12 bi bervvjck 4'J '66 ISarewooU Keels ... y liU Bald Jim i'lui .... 2a 14 Cambrian aa 1J Cliuito LreeK 2U 0 Clytie Jl-ouuu lurui l'J 21 Coal Creeii llat 21 90 Crooks ton a 107 Clyde-C mweil ltd. 27 6 Deep Stream lu (J Dunrobin <1 35 JidiuvuJu lu 18 Jfitlrick 22 53 Galloway is 23 Gunmoruurn ai 53 Green \ alloy 1 lu 38 Gienkenich 2 46 •Ueriot 29 119 Jdamiltons 11 1U llindoa 17 10 Henley 22 37 HinUoa Jiaihvay .. IB Hyde ii 31 Ualliday's i<lat ... 62 8 Ida Valley 16 31 Kelso 42 142 Jiyeburn 27 30 ivyeburn Diggings 11 10 Jiokouga 20 37 Lauder 2y 30 Lee Stream a 33 liaiukanui 41 2a Moa Creek 16 32 Millers i'lat 95 125 Merino Downs i.... 9 26 Macraes 23 45 Moa Creek 16 32 Moonlight iy 22 Maungabua ai 68 ilkiddlemarch 102 153 Momona 19 85 Manorburn Dam .. 24 6 Mgapuna 23 15 Ophir 40 27 Omakau 38 37 Oturehua 26 56 (Jutram ■ 95 161 Otakia 9 19 Paerau 11 30 Patearoa 38 69 Poolburn 35 38 Koxburgh 109 245 Ranfurly 76 111 Baes Junction .... 22 26 St. Bathans 66 37 Sutton 28 4!7 Shannon 4 9 Weddeiburn 31 45 Waikoikoi 2 51 Waipiata .... 24 48 Woodside 57 43