REPRESENTATION COMMISSION.
By Telegraph—Press Association, j CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 17/j* The : Representation Commission opened its sittings for the South Island in tlie Provincial Hall this morning. The Commissioners are Messrs T. S. Weston, chairman; D. Barron, Chief Surveyor, Otago; E. C. Gold-Smith, Chief Surveyor, Canterbury; G. J. Roberts, Chief Surveyor, Westland; and C. S. Reeves, Dunedin. Deputations attended from Tuapeka, Riccarton, Kaiapoi, Geraldine, and Wairau, in support of objections previously notified to the Commission. The decisions of the Commission will be announced later. WELLINGTON, Jan. 17. The North Island Representation .Commission sat to-day, to consider objections against the proposed alteration of the electoral boundaries. Requests were received that the Wellington electorate should be so divided as to bring the south-east-ern portion into * South Wellington, and that Johnsonville, Ohariu, Makara, andTawa Flat should be retained in the Otaki electorate and not included in Wellington suburbs.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8335, 18 January 1907, Page 5
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143REPRESENTATION COMMISSION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8335, 18 January 1907, Page 5
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