The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1881.

Kumara Times, Issue 1567, 5 October 1881, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1881.

We are pleased to announce that Mr J. M’Ennis, Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s and Warden's Courts of Kumara, has been appointed Registrar of Electors, under “The Registration of Electors Act, 1879,” for the Electoral District of Kumara. This is probably

due to the prompt action taken by Mr R. J. Seddon, and his Worship the Mayor (J. O’Hagan, Esq.), who, simultaneously with Mr M'Ennis, late yesterday afternoon received official notice of that gentleman’s appointment. This will facilitate the process of registration very much, and persons qualified should lose no time in seeing that their names are duly registered. The qualifications are two freehold and residential. Members of the House of Representatives are now chosen in every electoral district appointed for that purpose by the votes of the inhabitants of New Zealand who possess within the district the qualifications defined by “The Qualification of Electors Act, 1879,” that is to say—(l.) Every man of the age of twentyone years or upwards having, of his own right and not as a trustee, a freehold estate in possession situate within any electoral district of the value of twenty-five pounds, whether subject to incumbrances or not, and of or to which he has been seized or entitled either at law or in equity for at least six calendar months next before the registration of his vote, is entitled to be registered as an elector and to vote at an election of members for such district for the House of Representatives ; or

(2.) Every man of the age of twentyone years or upwards who has resided for one year in the colony and in the electoral district for which he claims to vote during the six months immediately preceding the registration of his vote, and is not registered in respect of a freehold qualification under this Act for the same district, is entitled to be registered as an elector and to vole at the election of members for such district for the House of Representatives. Miners particularly, who have been accustomed to rest their claim on their miner’s right, are informed that this qualification no longer avails ; and they should see to it that their names are duly registered according to one of the qualifications above given. No claim to vote can be entertained after the writs for the election are issued, and as these are expected to appear in about three weeks, it is obvious there is no time for delay.