THE PROBABILITIES.
Although it would 'be improper at this stage' to make suggestions which might influence the Representation Commissioners in. their work, it as quite legitimate to discuss the probabilities of the future. First and foremost it must be xeanemibered thart. the Legislature Act provS/des for only •seventy-six European members. With a population of about one million', it will be found that the quota, for each electorate should work out at someitthing over 13,000. So far as the three electorates surrounding Masterton are concerned, it will be found that neither of these contain® the quota.. Paihiatua, in fact, is about 3000 short, while the Wairarapa is considerably under /the quota. It is oibvoous, therefore, that . important changes in the boundaries will require to ibe made. Will the Wairarapa electorate take in a portion! of the Hutt electorate, and thus enable Masterton to find a quota this side of Eketahuna? Or, will the Wairarapa electorate still further encroach upon Masterton and compel the latter to take in- Pahiatua Borough? Either of these contingencies are. possible. The former, however, seems the more probable of the two.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10291, 20 July 1911, Page 4
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184THE PROBABILITIES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10291, 20 July 1911, Page 4
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