THE BY-ELECTION
WRITS TO BE ISSUED. . The Wellington South .and Palmerston by-elections were mentioned in the Hciifo of Representatives yesterday afternoon, when the Prime Minister moved that the Speaker should be directed to order the issue of the writs Mr W. A. Yeitch (Wangnnui) said bo thoueht it would be an exceedingly dangerous thing to have an. election at the present time, owing to the conditions of public, health. The Prime Minister said he had refrained from movinit for tbe issue nf the writs until the "nidemic had practically nassed away. The -usual tliinT v»s to issue Hie writ .it once wVi»n the House was siHinfy. The dnfr , of the issue of the writs, which in the normal course would be wtiirrible in twentv-eidit days, was not bei»K fixed now. Tt vnuM remain for him to' con c ult thn EVtnrpl TVrmrbneif re<ravt!ine the d"tes. Ho had thought of fixing it inside the nexi- three week". Ho did *iot propose to make any definite move for a day or two.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 59, 4 December 1918, Page 4
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170THE BY-ELECTION Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 59, 4 December 1918, Page 4
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