THE SWEARING IN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1738, 1 May 1913, Page 6

THE SWEARING IN.

INSTALLATION ON WEDNESDAY. The Mavor-clect (.Mr. J. I'. Luke) and (he "new City Council will bo l'ormallv installed iu office at tho Council Chimber at noon 011 Wednesday ne::t. As one council meeting has been missed by the intervention of the elections, it is probable that tho various committees will l;o set lip the same day, in crder to facilitate the business of the council. CANDIDATES' ANNOUNCEMENTS. On page 3 of this issue will be found announcements from various candidates for the different local bodies retunrng thanks to those of tho electors who supported them. 10TTINGS. fome comment was made yesterday 011 tho fact that only one, poll-box was provided for all the ballot papers in each booth, which naturally caused a good deal more sorting work .after the closo of tho poll than if separato boxes (painted tho same colour as the ballot-papers destined for them) were provided. Tho only explanation given was that voters would not: put their papers into the right boxes, and sorting would liavo to bo done in any caso ljefore tho count could be made. One of the suburban, Majors (whose unopposed return left, him free yesterday) was active, in bringing voters to the poll ill his molor-car. lie was asked to bring (i certain lady to tho poll, and proceeded with dispatch to do so. Oil arrival at the hou=o 011 the slopes of Mount Victoria ho found the elector hardly rea(ly to proceed to town. After a. wait of ten minutes or so elio appeared with four children. " £>ho said to his Wcraliip, "I want

to go to the Town Hall, afterwards to Kirl;cakLio's, then I want you to bring us homo again!" "If that is the case, said ilio Mayoral chnuiTour, "I think you had Ixittor wait for another cur! Honk! honk! There was the same old outcry yesterday from citizens ivlio had ueglccted the frequent warnings given by the Returning Officer (by advertisement) and through the news columns of the press to examine the official roll before it was closcd, and had found his (or her) name omitted. There is really no excuse for such persons, as it was fully and frequently explained that the roll had undergone a thorough purging, and even if they had voted at tlio last Mayoral election, it was announced that it was no guarantee that the names of those electors were on the purged roll.