THE COMING ELECTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4859, 24 October 1894, Page 2

THE COMING ELECTION.

hn Interesting /Wfli{|B At the meeting of the Borough Counoil Inst evcnirigV<aM letter from Mr 0. A. Pownall (alf| luded to in our issue of was read to tho meeting as follows,':!! "As a candidato for the Mayoral election I lmvo to request?* that the Council will direct thoelec'-v tion to be conducted as provided by % < section 72 of tho "Municipal tious Act, 1886," under which, where! a Borough is divided into election of Mayor is to lie up6n ; a'3> burgess roll payers. There is no bthermpddpra%] vided by the Act for the election of Mayor where.the ordinary burgess*! rolls are rolls of the wards, and even| if a defaulter is not on the ward rollj and cannot vote for award election!!' that doos not deprive vote at an election of Mayor, as you 1 ;* will see by reading the section. .; make this application as it is natur- "■!■ ally important that'the election be" conducted upon roll,tos»ve complications, that is, a roll now to:: be compiled by the Town Olerkcom-; prising all the ratepayers, in terms ofsection-72." The following applications to be ' placed on tho ( Burgess Lists were' received :~ArthurSpaokman, Caroline Rickson, Bessie J. Woodrooffo,v Elizabeth Ridgwny, Jane Banniber, Elizabeth Kate Dixon, Ellen SiHai'S,* Edith Hoar, Herbert P. Marsh,: Albert Hoar, Annio Hoar, Sarah: Ann Wrigley, William Knight, : Margaret Fitton, Reginald Pinhey, ■;; John Southwood Pinhey,. A, E, Gardiner, Alice Eton, Edgar George: Eton, Martha Richardson, W. &.' Butcher, John Butcher, Lydia P, ' Devonport, David Dixon, Julia L, > Mutrie, Charles Olsen, Andrea Weber, Charles Hughes, Alexander' Chisholni,W W. Smith, A. Vile," > W. Moms, David Pickering, Sarah Aim Pickering, Sarah I. Chamber, lain, Catherine S. Chamberlain, J. E, Hood, William Cameron, Ellon ■ J. Prentice, Kate Hanley, J. Hcssoy i junr., G. K Bond, Alex. C.Yorke,; i Peter C. Christiansen, Joseph Carpenter, E. P. Pragncll.L, J. Hooper. 1 The Olork asked what action the;

Mayor intended to take with regard 1 to Mr Pownall's objection. ':'■■] The Mayor said it was a question' :i ho thought fov the Returning Officer -'K to decide. , : :

Or Feist moved that an, opinion bo taken from the Borough Solicitor as to whether a burgess paying his : rates, although his namo might be on the Defaulters' List, still remains a defaulter. He would further move ■. that the names submitted be put on the Burgess Roll, subject to the approval of the Borough Solicitor. ' _ The Mayor said he was not speaking personally as a candidate, but ho ~' certainly thought that the matter-'', should" bo left with, the Beturaing Ofliceras in the Or Hornblow thought it unfair and extraordinary to put people on the roll who had uofc paid their rates. Previous elections had been conducted excluding defaulters, It was resolved, as moved by Cr Feist that the opinion of the Borough Solicitor bo taken.

Cr Toist said ho took it tbat application to bo put on tho Bnrgeis Roll from defaulters had hover been ,j before tbo Council on the evo of any ' previous election, and therefore tlio -7 position was a new one. Ho would move that the be acceded to,—Carried. "J» The Mayor moved that™ l Po\\ ■ nail's letter be not dealt matter to be left ontirely toHJo Returning Officer. Mr Brown Lad conducted a good many elections and ho could consult any authorities lie liked and take what course seemed proper..

Cr Horablow seconded the motion, which was earned,