Second Edition MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 41, 24 June 1913, Page 6

Second Edition MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

ALTERED 'ANGIf IN "THE LAW. [Bt Electric Telegraph—Cq,pvrightJ [UniteS^ress 4 ''XiraootlnQNj, ,'■ ittta t» r i Bfi) <''■■■"■ P»ati - ; Wellington, June 24. At: a. meeting of the executive of the Municipal Association of New Zealand, held to-day, several matters affecting civic interests were discussed. Regarding municipal elections, the .s&lajKlr,. of Christchurch moved: ''Thsit to the inconvenience caused by holding so many elections on the day fixed for the bi-annual election of councillors, the law should ba amended to provide for some of the elections being held on a different day." It was urged against the motion that people were gradually educated up- to the present system, and that the only chance to get people to poll for minor bodies was to merge them with bigger bodies. The motion Was lost by six votes to nine. A motion was carried drawing the attention of the Government to the injustice no* placed upon local bodies through the regulations which forbid railway employees and civil servants from taking an active part in local body matters.