taken from Ohinemuri Gazette 25 March 1903

LICENSING ELECTION
... The election for five members of the Ohinemuri Licensing Committee, which is to be held on Tuesday next, is exciting considerable interest. Nominations closed yesterday, the following twelve persons being nominated

? FREDERICK COCK - Paeroa
Nominated by:
* Joseph BRENAN
* Arthur St George FORBES
* Frederick William GRIFFITHS
* Maurice HARRIS

? EDWIN EDWARDS - Paeroa
Nominated by:
* James Might COOTE
* Maurice HARRIS
* Charles SHORT

? WILLIAM FORREST - Paeroa
Nominated by:
* James MILLS
* John OSBORNE
* Hugh POLAND

? CHARLES FRANKLIN - Owharoa
Nominated by:
* Joseph BRENAN
* Arthur St George FORBES
* Charles Barrett GENTIL
* Frederick William GRIFFITHS

? THOMAS GAVIN - Te Aroha
Nominate by:
* Joseph BRENAN
* Arthur St George FORBES
* Charles Barrett GENTIL
* Frederick William GRIFFITHS

? HENRY WILLIAM GUTHRIE - Karangahake
Nominated by:
* Frederick William BROWN
* Charles Ratcliff TAYLOR

? John KENNEDY - Paeroa
Nominated by:
* John COCHRANE
* Edward RABBIDGE
* Charles SHORT

? EDWARD ERNEST JAMES KITCHING - Karangahake
Nominated by:
* William MARSH
* Tracey Archer MORESBY
* Francis Arthur RICH
* Charles Henry TREZISE

? JOSEPH NATHAN - Paeroa
Nominated by:
* Frederick Augustus BALCKE
* Frederock COCK
* Arthur St George FORBES

? JAMES ORR - Gordon Settlement
Nominated by:
* Edward SHORT
* William John WILSON

? FRANCIS PORRITT - Te Aroha
Nominated by:
* Harry Loveridge HARSTON
* Tracey Archer MORESBY

? THOMAS JAMES STANLEY - Karangahake
Nominated by:
* Ernest Albert GRAHAM
* Alfred HAWKEN
* Edward HAWKEN
* Walter Ernest ROBINSON
* Charles Henry TREZISE

PHOTO
Arthur St. George Forbes, c1902
see link above