Election News.

Manawatu Herald, 14 October 1893, Page 2

Election News.

: — » • The N.Z. lime* states •:— The date for the general elections is not to be later than the 17fh December. .., , . , The Opposition Party will, it is stated on what seems to be excellent authority, nominate and support, to the exclusion of all other cancHditiejS, Messrs Duthie, H. D. Bell and W, W. Johnston for the Wellington <% seat. . : »;:;* The Post says :— The main roll for the Otaki electorate contains 2955 names as against 2800 on the old roll. The^Q^en at Otak are just beginning torei|tse ihe advantage of being enrolled; and a large number of claims fronir there have been sent in. There are 688 names already on the supplementary roll, all of which have Deen received during the past four daysV .-..■s. jj] The Registrar erf Electp^pjOhe Rangitikei informs the Aiivofafyia,t on the main roll, which closed^the sth instant, there will be qnite 4000 names. He has received; about 1500 new claims, more than 1000 of which have come from women. All names received now up to the issue of the writs will be registered oa the supplementary roll, and it is eipected that the total number will be quite 6000 by the time the tary claimants have applied for registration.