STRATFORD BY-ELECTION.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1920, Page 4

STRATFORD BY-ELECTION.

TO BE HELD ON MAY 6ISSUE OF THE WHIT. The writ for the Stratford by-election was issued yesterday, and the election has been fixed to take place on Thursday, May 0. -The electoral roll closed at 0 p.m. yesterday, the number of new enrolments received being 808, which, no doubt, constitutes a recoM for a byelection. The issue of absent voters' permits will not close until the day preceding the election, but already 288 have been issued, as compared with 102 for the general election. Removals from r d ; eu PP le ®entary rblls though death, transfers, etc., number nearly uoo (including 898 removed prior to the general election). The number of electors eligible to vote at the byelection will, therefore, <be about 7,505 as compared with 6,904 at the general election.

It was generally expected that the Souk)"" 16111 ,V ° U ! d fix a date which would cause a 3 little inconvenience «„ Km Thurs<sa - y is the of th 6 half-holiday m Stratford, the main centre of the electorate, and the Oov- ' "" ra t . as 1,0 doubt considered local intei ests m this respect, . While the matter of speculation there was great to So , I? 6 " th# two eandidateVL r r ' ,h ° Col ' ld secure the Stratford ToJn Hal) for the night preceding the dec" £ /"fl ,UC W V c^ oiM h j" to date ' Mr m' t Govornme nt candiante. Mr. Masters had pencilled sevoral other dates, but luck'w a s aJn Jt us choice. He will, however, address lie electors in Stratford on the S bcfoie the election, mid w jii ?e „ £ largest available hall for the purpose