THE ELECTORATES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1241, 25 September 1911, Page 4

THE ELECTORATES.

" NEW BOUNDARIES, COMMISSIONS' FINAL REVISIONSOME INTERESTING CHANGES. The final Teport of fhc two Rcprescnta> tion Commissions' has now reached tho Covormneni, and through the courtesy \.i t'ha Prime Minister an abstract of the principal aMorationts, as compared with the original report, is available for publication. Tho most interesting change in tho North Island is perhaps that of tho reversal of the decision to transfer tho borough of Te Awha from the Tauranga electorate to the Oliinemuri. This moans that tho three Iron's at Te Awha. which woi\> threatened with extinction, through being placed in the No-license district of Oliinemuri, aro "s-aved." This is rcgai-d-Ml as very important to Die tourist traffic, upon which To Awha largely depends for its prosperity, Katikali, with its one 'hotel, is also to be retained in Tauranga, instead of being added to Oliinemuri. Another alteration of more than local interest is that by virtue of which tho township of l'ukekohe, the headquarters of Mr. Masscy's electoTato of Franklia and which was to have !:cen included in the new electorate oi Raglan, will bo retained .in Franklin. Tho name of the Mauawaiu olociartite • is to be altered to Rangilikci, and tho present Hangitikei electorate will be called Wahnarino. Gonvillo and Castlcoliff. will romnin :n Wangauui, and the whole of Foilding will be in Oroua.' Tho v;hole of Stratford County will remain- in Stratford electorate. Thero aro also changes in the boundaries of Hutt and other districts. . ■ ■ : Tho Commissioners did not hear objectors in person, but they considered a quantity of correspondence. Below will bo found a precis of the most interesting requests that were made, and the decisions reached. The maps and mo-re detailed descriptions will probably bo avail, afcao to-day. Wellington Suburbs. Messrs. Field and Luckie forwarded a petition from ICG electors, objecting to the ' exclusion of Porirua, Paromata, Primmerton, and Pahautanni from Otaki electorato and their inclusion in Wellington, bubnrbs.—Deemed impracticable. Hutt, M. A. Rowlands and 155 others asked that Silverstream, Trentham, HcreUiunga, Aormandale, and Maungnraki bo not removed from the Hutt electorate.—Partially complied with. Mr. C.' K. Dix and twenty-nine Hutt residents objected to their removal into tho Wellington Suburbs electorate, but the commission decided that it would be impracticable to grant tho request. Oroua, Manawatu, and Rannitikel. Tho Mayor of Feilding, tho chairman of the leildmg Chamber of Commerce, and the chairman of (ho Oroua County Council wrote suggesting alterations in tho electorates'of Oroiia, Manawatu, and Itangitikci.—Partially complied with. It. W. Smith suggested alterations in the boundaries of Hangitikci.—Complied with. J. G. Cobbe, Fc-ilding, and others wrote protesting against inclusion in Manawatu, and asking to be put in Oroua.— Complied with. : Tho clerk of the Huntorvillo Town Board forwarded a request that the nanio of Kangitikci electorate bo changed to Waimarino. Tho town clerk of Mnrton and the Rangilikei County Council made tho same request, and also asked that tho name of the Manawatu be changed to Rangitikei. The Manawatu Comity frimcil objected to tho chango of Manawatu to Eangitikei.—Both changes were mado. Wanganui.' ' '' '"" Tho Mayor of Wanganui and four local bodies (alra the town clerk of Cnstlecliff and 220 others) protested agaiust Castlecliff being takoii out of Wanganui and put in Paten—Complied with. Tho town clerk of Gonvillo anil 120 others objected to severance from Wauca» nui.—Complied with. Stratford. A resolution of a public meeting nl Stratford requested that tho wholo of Stratford County bo included in Stratford electorate.—Complied with. The chairman of the Stratford County Council wrote asking that (ho west riding of Stratford County be included in k Stratford electorate, and not iu Eginont, —Complied with. Egmont. The Stratford County Council asked for tho exchange of the west riding of the county (which had been transferred to Egmoiit) for the Mansamingi and Omona district (which liad been placed in Stratford).—Complied w ' ( ». • Pnhiatua. The Wnipukurau County Council wished to bo included in AYaipawa electorate instead of Pahiatua.—This was decided to be impracticable. 4 Taumai'unui. N. Winter, Taumarnnui, wrote requesting that tho head polling place should < lie nt Tnumarunui, instead of at Wailara. •-Referred to the Chief Electoral Officer. Franklin. The Piikekohc Town Board and Mr. \V. F. Mnsscy, M.P., asked that the Pukckohe 'town ' district be retained iu the Franklin electorate instead of in the / Englan electorate.—Complied with. Ohincmuri, Mr. G. V. Stewart, tho Katikati Farm ers' Union, and 178 residents of Kalikati, petitioned that Katikali riding remain in 1 the Tnitranqn electorate and lie not placed in the Oliinemuri electorate. —l'nrtinlly agreed to. The To Aroha Borough Council, Chamber of Commerce, nnd 333 residents also protested against the raciusion of To Aroha in the Ohineinuri district, and that they go into the Tauranga electorate instead.—Complied with. Tho Tnuranga County Council petitioned that the luitikati riding l>e retained in Tiuiranga.—Partially complied with. The South Island. The changes in the South Island districts are less oxtcnMvo than in the North. Minor alterations were made in Oama.ru, Bruce, Invorcarpill, Otap> Central, and on the West Coast, ami elsewhere. The name of the Geraldinc olectorate is changed to Tcmuka.