POLITICAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 135, 29 May 1908, Page 2

POLITICAL

>•> Per Press Association. Ciisborne, Thursday. Speaking at a public meeting which urged the, construction of a line lo Ali'tu to enable the forests to he lapped, the lion. Air. AlcGownn said seventeen railways were in course of construction and these- could not bo carried on without money, lie was, however, prepared to light for a fair share for this (iishorne railways. j|,. ,I,,l'cnded the Government's prudence in adopting R moderate borrowing -policy, una , m ', u1 ;,„„.,) ( i u , fact, with pride thai for Ihe present, railway construe I ion the Government ,|ii| not need to go to the country for a single, shilling. He recognised'the need for more adequate rolling stock. Weslport. Last Night. Mr. W. T. AlcNamara. of Murchison, n Prohibitionist and Liberal, will con-

test the Jiuller seat against Air. Colviu. ' Paliuorston N., Thursday. The Paliuerstou electoral rolls are' being purged by agents of the No-Licence ' party, and up to dale 7-)0 objections have been lodged against names appearing on the rolls. Apparently (lie aimless wanderings of the electoral boundary line have produced remarkable lesiills in the Palmerslon electorate. Longbiun, which is wilhin four miles of Palniorston, mid which was previously wholly in the Paliuerstou electorate, is now divided, half the township being attached to the Otaki electorate, which across tin: river runs |„ lu( z her-' bert bridge, within a mile of Palmerston. - The ludicrous effect, arrived nt is best shown when it is pointed out (hat Messrs. R. S. Abraham, ,1. (). llatchelor, A. E. Uussell, C. J. Monro, and many other settlers who have been identified with the history of Paliuerstou but are living in suburban residences, lire now members of the otaki electorate. iSunnylhorpe, another township a few miles from town, is split into three portions, Paliuerstou, Oroua, and Alanawattt electorates. The actual effect of the readjustment is to considerably reduce the area of Paliuerstou electorate. The picturesque results of the alteration 0 f boundaries are sure to create resentment when the position is fully comprehended by the electors.