TAUMARUNUI PETITION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1915, Page 8

TAUMARUNUI PETITION.

DETAILS OF THE ALLEGED IRRE--1 CULARITIES. Per Press Association. 'Waitara, January Details of the petition of Mr C. K. Wilson, the defeated candidate for Taumarunui, are advertised in tonight's issue of the Waitara Mail. The , petitioner alleges that while 7917 votes were declared by the returning officer, there are only 7649 votes accounted for by marked rolls and the other votes legally receivable; that 30 persons received ballot papers at two polling places; that certain persons eligible to vote were denied the right; that others not eligible actually voted; that the names of certain persons of whom some were aliens but naturalised and others under legal age were placed on the roll; and that Mr nings himself was not duly registered, because his name only appears in the Taumarunui roll, and is not resident of the Taumarunui district Petitioner also alleges irregularities at four polling booths, and in consequence it is asked that the court (1) Order a scrutiny and recount; (2) That it may he determined that Mr Jennings was not elected; and (3) That the election be declared void.

The petition will be heard at the February sitting of the court in New Plymouth.