OHAKUNE
COUNCIL ELECTION The re-count of votes in the election of council gave Joseph Frederick Cody and W. Somerville Baird each 228. The Act provides that the returning officer •‘hall determine by lot which candidate shall be elected and this was done by the official and his assistant and -Mr Baird was the lucky candidate, and he thus replaces Mr Cody. The official declaration now is as follows:—Norman Christie 295, L. W. Nation 278, Henry F. Delamar 266, E. E. Purdon 259, Joseph Jon n s 246, Thomas Purves 246, J. H. Murdic 242, O. Spiller 232, W. S. Baird 228. All elected. Unsuccessful: J. F. Code 228, M. Moo han 205, M.B. Clark 203, W. L. Jones 192, P. B. Wood 181, W. D. Relf 149. Unemployed As the result of the concert arranged by Airs Beck and party about. £l7 to £lB was made available for the pur phase of goods for distribution among the families of the unemployed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 110, 12 May 1931, Page 3
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161OHAKUNE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 110, 12 May 1931, Page 3
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