BUSY DAY IN WANGANUI.
• SEVEN ISSUES BEFORE THE PUBLIC,
MR. T. B. WILLIAMS ELECTED MAYOR
THURSDAY HALF-H'
Wanganui electors yesterday had an experience of the-new system of combining all. thS' year's voting into one day. All electors had five issues to decide, and pome ratepayers had seven. iMiich interest, was taken, as everyone elicited a keen concern in one or other of the polls, and therefore the number who recorded their votes was large. Before n*ine o'clock, when it was ex- : pected that the results would be announced, a large crowd assembled at the Drill Hall, the principal booth. Many had a dreary wait v It was after eleven before some of the results could .•be made known. A small crowd still "waited at midnight, when the last of ■ the speeches from successful and unsuccessful candidates was made.' The heavy polling yesterday was responsible ifor the delay. As will be seen from the figures, the Borough Cotincil - Chambei's . were particularly well pat-•-remised for some reason or other. It
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was not the main booth, and consequently was not staffed to meet the demands. While other booths were also later than was expected in sending in their returns, owing to the heavy polling on the many issues, the Council Chambers returns were last. The crowd, however, waited very patiently. The first results were announced by the Mayor.' They were the lodn proposals, as follows :—- ---WANGANUI EAST TRAMWAYS EXTENSION. For ..'.... ......... ... 1428 Against ... ... ...... ... 422 Informal ... ...... ... ... 148 ARAMOHO* TRAMWAYS. , For ... 2£) Against 86 Informal ... ... 9 The returning officer, Mr. John P. Watt, then announced other results as follows:—: '
MAYORAL.
Drill Council Koitli A'lio. Wan. s
BOROUGH COUNCIL. Drill Council Keith A'ho. Wan.
HARBOUR BOARD. . Drill. Oouncil Keith ~Wi\nz- Gron, CastleHiall. Ch'bers. St. Aramoho. East, ville. cliff.
HOSPITAL BOARD.
l>rill Council Keith A'ho. Wan. Hall. Chamb's.St. East. ,
Oomyns' Mary E. ... '.. 773 497- 239 229 197 1933 '' Bassltt, WUl^m G "■■ 764 527 208 182 172 1853 . SiddellaV Margaret ... 662 457 234 '208 180 1741 .-. .|attlo,.*niojnSH ...... .: : 613 436 186 134 , 127 149t Sorieaens Geoirge 576 413 101 < 103 85 1278 Mc^Se, John gD. ...... ... ... sfe . 369 149 123 113 1260 Hksfc, James, W. ...... ... 461 . 347 109 84 85 10S6 " Informal ... ....*;..—. • - 86
HALF-HOLIDAY. . Drill. Council Keith Wang. Gon- •■■. Hall. Ch'brs. St. Aramoho. East, ville. ■ Tl.
Williams, T. B/7L ...... ... ... Liffiton/E. N. &•••"•• • .Spriggeno> G..;.-;' ; ... /. Infbnnal :... ..'.~ii , Hall. 516 432 317 Chamb 327 323 236 14. j's. St. 19i 135 59 6 151 122 4li East. 138 1356 95 1107. 2-1 673 2 22
Ball. Chamb's. St. East. Alderton, JameaiW. ... • 915 673 310 286 106 2380 ' Mmr James T/L. ... ...... 888 65T 281 186 178 2184 . Jfi*y:::±z ;::::::: -III S£ I? S'JSSS - ■Sti&npminm S. ... ... 851 599 242 , 156 123 1971 • Knuckey William ... 720 541 258 159 139 1817 -:isl%u^::.-:.•::.■::.:•:::: ,3T8 3S.3S- Sg Sigley, Leslie J. 682 461 211 111 108 1573 ■HSr&ss,. Frederick A. 612 441" 171 136 165 1525 /Thompson,. Andrew ...... 537 397 156 116 196 1402 "Hogan, fflffictael-Gunipr) 587 430 161 ; 1Q:>,. _ 9o 1382 ::-^»£& ■:•::::::::::: ::~^ - 1'' | H ■ Smith Frank S. ... ...... ... ...... ... 159 99 69 6o 33 42o Informal ... ...... - ... 23 '10 33 .. 'I
Maokayi, Ohs-rlea E. ... 915 598 288 ' WilGams/TonTB 860 5S0 266 Bignell, Arthur G 905 600 232 •BaSsott, William G 831 561 246 Meuli,-Nicholas 838 561 238 Muir, James T 708 50G , 219 Jones, John ..'. 618 430 204 . Hanrifl, "Alfred, 450 359 178 ■ Odlman, George 357 312 131 334 .207216 176 199 152 203 167 159 156 229 166 121 - 125 141 129 98 85 84 • 6(5 . 2d\}2 74 71 2243 83 67 2238 77 70 2155 73 66 2091 67 17 1906 52 . 60 1610 54 7 1318 77 7 1067 ■? ■ I ■.•■■.■'■> A-_J
Monday .• * .Tuesday '. 5 1 Wednesday 7 ,5 Thursday ; ... 75S 572 Friday '"• ' Saturday ... • '• 490 301 Informal..-. ... , 16 17 1 2 235 154 6 1 195 156 10 1 2 146 118 - 4 56" 69 y 9 15 1862 1378 53
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 1 May 1913, Page 8
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