MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 28 April 1927, Page 6

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

POLLING ATMASTERTON. MR JORDAN ELECTED MAYOR. Tlxc five elections field in Mastertoii yesterday produced keen v oting, and everything' from an arrangement- point of view passed off successfully. A little after S o’clock, the results of the mayoralty and half-holiday polls were announced by the returning -officer (Mr R. Brown), there being only a small attendance of the public, due to the wet weather. It was not till about 11 -o’clock-that the final resuls of the elections were announced. Mr Jordan had an easy victory m the Mayoralty, while Mr McLaren and Mrs Fletcher replaced Messrs Kemp and Heaps on the Borough Council. Airs Fletcher is the first woman councillor to be elected in Masterton. Messrs T. E. Barrel- and T. Moss, the sitting members, retained their places on the "Wellington Harbour Board. Mr E. -I. King was returned at the top of the poll for the Wairarapa Power Board, on which he hasdield a seat since the inception of the board. Mr H. P. Hugo was elected the second representative of tile borough to the seat vacated by Air Jordan', who filled the office after the disqualification of Mr J. C. Cooper. Messrs AV. H. Heaps and T. F. A\ atson, two new candidates, were unsuccessful. Tli(> following was the voting recorded on the various issues:— MAYORAL ELECTION.

Majority for Jordan: 914. Voting by declaration: 25. BOROUGH COUNCIL. Polling booths are shown in the table as follows.—Town Hall, T.H.; Railway, E.; Kuripuni, K.; Lansdowne, L.:—

• Informal -128 Votes by declaration •: 25 The first eleven were elected.

POWER BOARD.

HARBOUR BOARD.

At the declaration of the Mayoral election result, the candidates returned thanks. ' Mr Jordan said he had done his best, and he intended to continue that policy. He called for cheers for Mr Ripp-on, who, he said, had still oue more river to cross. \ “I am not downhearted,” said Mr Rippon, amid cheers from a section of the crowd. There was a position vacant in the borough, and two good men had applied for it. Mr Jordan, he said, had received the confidence of the electors for his past services. This lie was justly entitled to. Mr Rippon thanked the electors for their support, and stated that his ardour for the welfare of Masterton would not fade, and he would endeavour to do his best as lie had done in the past. RESULTS IN OTHER CENTRES. ; GREYTOWN. > The election of councillors for the Greytown Borough Council resulted in the return of Messrs W. R. F. Allen, R. H. Anker, F. Dennes, J. B. Eaton, J. Farley, L. Groathead, A. W. Horton, W. A. Tate and A. Y. Viles. The defeated candidate was Mr T. B. Heaphv. EKETAHUNA, The Borough Council election resulted: —H. E. Greathea.il. 240, S. H. Rasmussen .234, S. A. Gooding 227, L. Houlbrooke 213, D. Butcher 207, R. J. Daniel 104 (the above are elected), G. W. Brown 181. FEATHEESTOX. At Featherston, the sitting Mayor, Mr J. W. Card, was re-elected unoppos-

ed The Borough Council election resulted:—M. B. Tait 240, R. F. Watson oo 6j c . K- .Skipage 221, AY. E. Peene ho’ \Y. Benton 107, Allen Donald 102, 11. W. 'Gundy IS6, N. C. C. -Shepherd 175 \ E. Do lint 156 (the above are elected), Henry Buck 144, F. S. Austin S 7. Messrs N. C. C. Shepherd and A. E. Dolint were new candidates. All Henry Buck was a member of the late Council.

.^MAYORALTY. AUCKLAND. Mayoralty. — I G. ' Baildon (sitting Mayor), 5632; T. Bloodworth (Labour), 71Q7; .1. A. Warnock (deputyMavor), 3266; 11. Schmidt, 1670. Takapuna.—J. AV. Williamson, 1624; J. D 3lon-son (sitting Mayor), 1283. Xortheote. —A. E. Greenslade, 567: C. A. Dcuxberry (sitting Alayor), 446. Newmarket..—S. Donaldson (sitting ,Mayor), 003; A. Kent. 635. Avondale.—ll. Tiarks, 11-m; P. Richardson, 441; T. H. Spar-go, 07. Oneliunga.—W. C. Coldicutt, 065; J. E Green, 741: AY. X. Mclntosh, 725. 'Mount Albert—L. E. Rhodes (sitting Alav-or), 2235; W- Atwell, 1540. Mount Albert adopted rating on unimproved values by 2044 to 94i. WELLINGTON. G. A. Troup, 12,446; C. 11. Chapman, 10,318; majority, 2125. CHRISTCHURCIL Rev. J. K. Archer (Labour) re-elec-t----ed’ 10,147; C. P. Agar, 5646. Rangiora. —AV. A. Row-sc, 377: Alclntosh, 345. Kaiapoi. —N. C. Revell, 225; J. AY. Barnard, ICS, Lyttelton. —F. E. Sutton, SS6; A\ . T. Lester, 436; T. B. Ilempstalk, -4/. - Sumner.—W. H. Nicholson, unopposed. Riccarton. —A.' H. Alanhire, unopposed. Akaroa. —G. Armstrong, unopposed. TIAIARU. J. J. Wallace (sitting Alnvor), 2389; W. Angland, 2025. ' NEW PLYAIOUTIi. T. E. Wilson, unopposed. Five old councillors were defeated. Waitara. —E. A. George defeated K. Morgan (sitting Mayor). WANGANUI. For the first time in.the history of Wanganui, a candidate put up by the Labour Party was elected Alayor of the city. This was Air AY. J. Rogers, who defeated Mr Hope Gibbous, the sitting Alayor, by 2570 to 2725, the majority bciiig 151. Informal votps numbered 138. GISBORNE. Mayoralty.- —C. E. Armstrong,' 2446; D. AY. Coleman, 1672. AYHAXGAREI. •Mayoralty.- —L. J. Brake; 076; J. E. Holmes, 965; AY. AY. Limewell, 255. There are sixty declarations to be scrutinised. The Thursday half-holi-day was retained. OAAIARU. Mayoralty.- —Frank Crawsliaw, 1557; AYilliam Henry Frith, 961. GREYAIOUTH. In the Mayoral election, AY. J. Greenslade defeated AY. 11. Parfitt, the sitting Mayor, bv a majority of 123, the figures being:—Greenslade, 965; Parfitt, 542; informal, 16. INVERCARGILL. Alayoralty. —J. Aliller, 3503; S. McDonald, 1275. BLUFF. Dr. Torrance, 42S (re-elected); T. F. Doyle, 395. '

Jordan. Eippon. Inf. Town Hull — ... 1293 511 22 E nil wav 76 . 50 — Ixuripuni . . • - ss 87 2 Iiausdowne ... 144 39 — \ - 1601 687 24

T.H. •B. K. L. Tl. Peacock .. .1399 89 117 145 1771 Daniel! ... 1333 92 107 142 / 1694 McLaren . 1308 SO 99 156 1643 Jenkins .. 1254 S3 104 149 1592 Barton ... 1229 82 108 159 137S Bue 1260 S7 9S 118 1563 Anstiee 1197 86 133 119 1555 0'Learv .. 1140 89 105 122 1456 Anderson . 1093 79 112 IIS 1392 Piet<ilier .. 1087 79 99 94 1359 iMcCIj'mont 1027 74 110 105 1316 Heaps .... •944 7i6 105 96 1221 Kemp .... 942 60 121 91 12l4 Morris ... 893 82 130 84 1189 Bussell ... 939 70 7S 94 1181

T.H. E. K. L. Tl. King bt)3G 70 105 110 1321 Hugo .... 994 6S SS 104 1254 "Watson ... 936 61 S2 10S 1177 Heaps . 429 36 50 2S 543 Iniormiil Votes >by . 65 ileclaartion .. 03

Barrer. Caselbcrg. Hass. Town Hall *... 9521100 981 Bailway 58 ss 74 Kuripuni — S7 105 101 ■Lansdownc .. 10b 105 115 Uartin borough 153 ■61 lo2 Fca-therston 190 135 135 Grovtown ... 173 160 130 Carterton 377 299 ' 363 Carring: >11 .. S 1 10 Gkulsto • ... 16 1G Te Wh. au .. O 4 4 Brancepath .. 9 2 1 Kop'uaranga . 3 4 5 Maurieeville . G 0 G Eketahuna .. . 128 105 255 Uukanui .... 9 11 4 Nireaha 17 G li5 Kaiparoro ... 15 0 17 Alfredton .... 17 4 • 15 Tiraumea .... 3 i 4 Pahiatua 337 225 36/ Haagamaire . 14 12 7 H aturi 5 2 5 Kaitawa ' 2 3 o 3 1 Ballarice 8 0 . 8 Pongaroa .... 8 27 1 0 9 27 Masterton / C. 57 24 58 27S1 '' 2462 2891