Rosi.yn. —L. Kemnitz 260, A. Matheson 236 ; majority for Kemmtz 24. Balcuitha. —M‘Corley 119, D. Stewart 85. Kaitanqata, William Shore 112, M, Carson 57 ; majority for Shore 55. Timaru.—Mr J. J. Grandi, ex-councillor, was elected mayor, beating Mr John Jackson by 102 votes. Invercargill. —ln the muyoral election Mr Josiah Hanan polled 358 v otes as against 259 for Mr John Stead. Bo ;h are council lors. Mr Hanan will be the first native of the town to occupy the chair. There was a good deal of the temperance element in the contest, Mr Stead being a prominent Good Templar and Prohibitionist, Thames.— Mr T. Radford “was re-elected. New Plymouth.— Mr J. 3>. Roy was re elected for the fifth time, p oiling 310 votes to Cr Furlong’s 133. Hastings.— The result of the mayoral election was Fitzroy 277, Ellis 82. Wanganui. —Themayoralelection resulted in a tie between two candida.tes (A. Hatrick and J. L. Stevenson), the polling being the heaviest on record. The returning officer decided in favor of Mr Stevenson by tossing a coin.
Palmerston North,— W, T. Wood 344, H. Haydon 185. Wellington. —The followin g is the result of the mayoral election ;—H. .’D. Bell 1,239, G. Fisher 852.
Westport. The mayoral election was keenly contested, and the polling was the heaviest on record for a mayoral election. The result was the re-election of Mr H. Larsen for the fourth time, v ho polled 205 votes, J. Scanlan 196, and S. Riley 75.
