The Archive · 1940

Results of S.M.C. Election

Scrutineers and Assistants Count Record Number of Ballots Behind Locked Doors — Shanghai, Ap

ILE Shanghai residents remained on tenterhooks up to an early hour this morning awaiting the results of the municipal elections, results which might well have vital effects on the future of the International Settlement, scrutineers and' their assistants continued with the tedious job of counting the largest number of votes ever cast in a Shanghai election behind locked doors while a detachment of Shanghai Municipal Police stood guard.

The threat to the control of the Settlement caused by the nomination of five Japanese candidates for seats on the council instead of the customary two resulted in a tense feeling of expectancy throughout the city last night and early this morning which increased as the hour of reckoning drew to a close.

The result of the vole was:

Allman N. F. 8,000

Carney W. 3. 7,998

Keswick W. J. 7,883

Maley G. A. 7,809

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account