The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 896, 21 March 1878, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. *.*. * * * Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1878. Another ton days is all that is left oi the three months of grace allowed by the law to persons desirous of ' registering themselves as electors of ' tbe district for which they are I .qualified to vote. We should like to see the electoral rolls of Waikato and Waipa swelled to their fullest legitimate length; because in the next session of the Assembly the question of a redistribution of the representation will be brought forward, and it is desirable that the two districts should in every possible way be in a position to assert their claim to a full measure of representation as compared with other parts of the colony. The number of the electors appearing on the roil of an existing district is not of course the only source from which its claim to a share of representation can be estimated, bat it is one of them, and a very important one too, and therefore it is the duty of every, one who possesses the necessary qualification to see that his name is registered while there is yet. time. The last day on which this can be done is the 31st of March. The claim to register must, indeed, be in the hands of the Registration Officer by four o'clock of that day. It will not be snfficient to post it even on the 31st, unless it reach its destinanation the same day. Many appliI cations arriving in April, though bearing the postmark of the 31st March, are thrown aside as informal on this account, and for a very sufficient reason. Such letters might come in, not on the first or even second of April, but a week or fortnight aftei wards. Persons qualified to vote in Waikatc on account of property owned here may be resident in Otagoor in still moreoutof the way parts of the colony, and to wait for letters beyond the 31st March in one case would entail the necessity of doiDg so in all. But the Registration Officer has to make out a list at once to lie open for objection during the month of April, and therefore it is necessary that ha should be able to proceed with his work as soon as March is out. Three months, too, is ample time for receiving tjjese and.

the man who defers it to the last

moment is scarce deserving of a vote at nil., There is yet time, however, for those who have neglected this matter to turn to and do it, aud we shall be happy to forward to any part of the district the necessury forms of application on being requested to do so. Anxious that the district should be fully and fairly represented, that when a general election comers on, and in all probability there will be one before the winter is over, no one entitled to vote should fined himself left out in the cold, we have tor some time given notice that anyone desirous of making application to vote may have the necessary forms for the asking of them. This is about as far as we can well go in political spoon-feeding those too apathethic to help themselves, and there ought to be few we think in the district qualified to claim the right to vote who will not have done so before the 31st instant.