THE MAORI ELECTION.
The date of the Maori election for the Eastern Maori district is Wednesday, December 2nd. As the shearing in Wairarapa is expected to be then in full swing, and as a large number of qualified Maori electors will be employed shearing and scrub-cutting the attention of owners and employers of Maori labour is directed to the following provision in the Legislative Act, 1308:—"Every person who employs any Maori who is sntitled to vote shall afford him a reasonable opportunity of recording his vote, and every person who fails so to do shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5." The hours of poll are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The following are the polling places for the Wairarapa districtGreytown, Kahutara, Marti üborough, Gladstone, Masterton, Okautete, Taueru, Mataikona, Te Kchunui, Hamua, Ohanga.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3049, 20 November 1908, Page 4
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136THE MAORI ELECTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3049, 20 November 1908, Page 4
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