, SOUTH ISLAND SEATS. A SOLUTION SUGGESTED. WELLINGTON. August 8. The threatened loss of two seats by the South Island as a consequence of redistribution following the population results of last census has been considered by a, committee of South Island members, and its recommendations, which have L _en agreed to by the South Island members as a whole, are to be placed before the Prime Minister next Friday. It is understood that the deputation mil suggest that the Government introduce legislation during the present Parliament by which the existing number of South Island seats, thirty, will be retained, and that electoral justice be done to the North Island by taking the southern population ns the basis for the quota, which would be ascertained by dividing the South Island total population by thirty, this result to be applied to the larger total of the North Island, thus giving the latter an increased number of constituencies.
It is doubtful if this proposal will meet with acceptance in official circles, as the view understood to be held in that quarter is that the best compromise—if there is an inclination to meet the situation—would be to give greater
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1926, Page 4
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