CHARGES AGAINST A REGISTRAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 79, 1 April 1903, Page 4

CHARGES AGAINST A REGISTRAR.

jf;the difjshck. ■| m PRSBB ASSOCIATION Ff Auckland, March 31. HfAt the electoral enquiry, the defendBn* King, in opening his case, referred Sb the extent of the entries he hsd to rankeas kegistrar of eleators and old Bage persicraf". He said be was overworked kiwi it was not surprising if he &ede pome mistakes. The timilarity m names of streets in different electorates increased the difficulty of making 0» rolls, bat he could honestly say tfaat bn was not in a single icstance guilty of a dorrupt action. The best reply he eiuld give to the charge was the ijkbandonmeut or rejec'iob of a large jaumber of those chargrs as tfce ecquiry progreaeed. ,• Keeven, chief clerk to King, eaid [that King was always impartial in fmaking np the roll-', and treitrd a'l alike except when they came in bouncing way. In this respect Sped-' |3ing HI tVin nViinf fffwjar. Wi'iiuca fkffirmed that the telegram announcing Jthe iaaae of the writs was delivered f shortly before 11 o'clock on the mornPing of 12th November, despite the fact Iphat the Telegraph Department rep ported that it was delivered at 9.12 iuu. King said "Here's the writ. |So more claimf." So far as witness j& knew no more claims were received.