An Unsuccessful Petition.
;;::,. U-;(I?NITEp., ; PKJES^-ASSO£IAM9^.^ Auckland, Thursday. A petition against the election of the Licensing ;Cpmtnitte.e'7 ; -for Wangarpa was heard'befpfe Mr, Bishop, R.M., -at Wangaroa4-Tbe allegation m the p^titidn- wa's that the rollfcdntaiiftid tho uamtß of . unqualified persons., .persons. After evidence was given at leuglh his worship sajxl^ he-was of opinion hehad.no power to go behind the roll's m an ; inquiry of this description, although he considered/, it conclusively provtd that those, r rate-* payers' qualifications werb 'bogus if)nes, "and that the : admission of thoss" people to- vote -had materially altered 1 the- result .of theVeleption. He was bound, however UHWjliingly,: to.com^v.rtp: tlie ; con-;, elusion that he had uo power to review, the rolls, and he therefore disiniss'ed'tae. potitiop. . .-..-*" . , '..
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1669, 27 March 1886, Page 2
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119An Unsuccessful Petition. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1669, 27 March 1886, Page 2
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