BROADCASTING ELECTION RESULTS
Sir-My chief. difficulty: with the Maori election results was due to the fact that the candidate whose name was spelt Tauwhare te Wirehana was pronounced Wirehana, and Hovell was pro-. nounced Moananui. This difficulty would have been avoided if the names of the candidates had been numbered. When Wednesday came, I could not find The Listener, so used a daily newspaper. The electorates were not numbered. Dunedin North was placed be; fore Eden, instead of North Dunedin after New Plymouth: The candidates for Mornington were given as Hudson, Hannan, Stephens, instead of Hannan, Hudson, Stephens: The candidates for Rangitikei were given as Gordon, de Malmdaftche instead of De Malmanche, Gordon. I found it difficult to keep up with the announcer, but it would have been easier if the electorates had been numbered, as in The Listener. . I suggest that, for the next election, a list be prepared with a number for each electorate, and a number for each candidate. Result might be read out "Electorate eight, candidate 19, McDonald 2190, candidate 20, Skinner 3814:" Prob- | ably it would not be necessary to read out the numbers of the candidates every time. As soon as the list had been prepared, it should be copyrighted, and copies should be sent to anyone who wanted to print it. Anyone would be allowed to print it, for distribution, without payment of royalty, on condition the sheets distributed were true copies of the original. Doubtless anyone who wished to do so would be allowed to print the names in any order he chose; but, if he did so, he would not be allowed to call it a true copy of the official list. If this were done, anyone buying or receiving a score sheet marked "True Copy of Official List" would know that the names and figures on his list would agree with the names and figures which would be read out on the night.
IGNORISSIMUS
(Tauranga).
implies way out of the difficulty is to bis Am istener-and not lose it.--Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 551, 13 January 1950, Page 5
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339BROADCASTING ELECTION RESULTS New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 551, 13 January 1950, Page 5
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