MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION.
Sir,—Now that tho by-election is ovoi, #E d in !i view-' of the. Absurdly : small, poll . .ofittho electors, and in-.viow: also/of the) ■'> approaching, bi-annual election of " coun-> •:Sicillorsi' ißiSeems; a-useless waste of public :'v' money ; for' -such'-.a- purpose. .-V- ;It ..teems v:.' ; strange .that' the"'recent;. Municipals Con-; :r-: ■'■"■';"-,-:'i-jnattere;.:and,'''Bet''anfa'men'dm6iititb:ithfl-jlct to put'a: stop-tR: it.: What is wanted, js:|tho - ■'.power,. inVcasß-;of»,vacancies;;>to.;.appoint? .n members \toj.sit ,on ::S municipal council': for ' thfe '.remainder 'of. the.term. ..This is,done under tho v Urban ••''^:'sa^ : - and' . I thinl: it- would, work- very-:'weU .in ; .Npw Zealand. The men so appointed are / .chosen from tho defeated :. candidates at-.-j-' the previous elections. I am.sure ,'the, ' ' council; would havo' been .quite' competent i-fi.'Oo .havel-selected'two- from the defeated . . candidates at last, election to sit', for the remamdor of tho term.—l am, etc.; THOS. M. MILLIGAN. ; Taitville, September 11!,' 1910.'. .'. "y : y~ ■ : -
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 10
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141MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 10
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