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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 286, 2 December 1896, Page 2

Electoral Coionial Secretary's Office. Wellington. Dec. 2.1396. milE GOVERNMENT OFFICES! Jl I ■ throughout tbo Colony will bs CLOSED j i at Noon on FRIDAY, 4th December, instant. j By order. HUGH POLLEN, Under Scorelary. WcUington. I I M R W. c ROWTHER WILL ADDRESS THE ELECTORS AT PONSONBY HALL, ON THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 3, AtSo'olock. : TyjF~R J. J. H 0 L L A N D Will Address the PJlectors at ST. SEPULCHRE'S SCHOOL, SYMONDSTREET, THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING At Kight o'Clock. CITY EI,E C T ORATE. Mil C. E. BUTTON win ADDRESS THE ELECTORS Throughout the Electorate on the following dates, viz.: ST. JAMKft' HALL. Wellington-sti-eet—TO-NKIUT (WKDNILSDAY), 2nd Decomber, lit 8 tl'iilOCif , ARTHUR T> 0 S S E R, A.•& THE LABOUR CANDIDATE, Will ho.d an Onen Air Meeting at the QUICKS STREET FIRE BKLL On THURSDAY EVENING. 5.30. ) The National Association j OK i New Zealand, auckland section. I I i |General Election, is96.j IMPORTANT ADVICE TO 3UEMBKKS AND FRIICNDS OF Til HI ASSOCIATION". _„.„, The Council of the National AssocisW?) of Now Zealand (Ancklni'.ilStclinniiiflyrouioiully . considering U.ic public pronaunctfincnls and the known antecedents of the Candida its for, I Parliament, hfcs nnanimou-ly decided to j recommind meml.e.-s and friends of the Association to Voto for the following :— FOR AUCKLAND CITY— 1,-Mk CHARLES EDWARD BUTTON 2. Mh 3DWIN MITCHEIiSON 3. Mk WILLIAM CROWTHER FOR PARNELL— Mb SAMUEL VAILE FOR EDEN— Mk JOHN BOLLARD FOR W AIT EM ATA— ME RICHARD MONK FOB MARSDENMr ALFRED U. aiASON FOR BAY OF ISLANDS— Mb JOHN PUE3S FOR MANUKAU— i Mr WILLIAM FRANCIS BUCKLAND; FOR FRANKLIN- i Mk WILLIAM FERGUSON MASSEY FOR WAIKATO— MR FREDERICK WILLIAM LANG FOR BAY OF PLKNTY]Uu VVILi IAM HERBERT lIERRIK3 By Order of the Council. JOHN* HASTIiC. Secretary. The Rooms, 123, Queco-streat, Auckland. November 24,1596. f\ N E HUN DX ED POUNI)S KF,WA X D | TU SCRUTINEERS AND OTHERS. j Take Noth-k— j There an; good ground- for bettering1 i that many nan'.t-s have been placed on the, An>-'kl;nid City t-.'.loctor.a! Uul! of pcivons who j I arc noii-existaiit. .nid of pt-rhona who, if living. | I do not possess the necessary Qiialiiications to entitle tiieui to vote, . I I Believing that, uuch abuse of the said bice-i ! ioral Roll is intended to influence the Tolls (and j I particularly iho Local Option Poll) appointed! ito be taken on Friday. December 4th, the , liudersignrd i.s prepared to offer, and hereby ] oilers, ihc sum or One. Hundred Pounds i Reward for such evidence as shall ensure I conviction in Five cases of personation or pro- ] ; enration of or iucitement to the committal of I that offence. Or, failing the required number of i'IVE convictions being secured, then the sum of Twenty Pounds fo? each separate ca&e where conviction is obtained, All communications to be addressed to tne undersigned, or to his solicitors, Messrs Devore and Cooper, Queen-street, Auckland. S. C. BROWN, Treasurer Auckland Prohibition League. The following Clauses of the Corrupt Practices Act are published for general information :— 27. A person shall, for all ihe purposes of! the laws relating to elections, be deemed , guilty of the oll'once of personation who at any such election applies for a votingpaper in the name of huiiiu other person, living or dead, or of a fictitious person, or who, having voted once, at any such election, applies at the si-me election for a voting-paper in his own name. 29. The offence of personation, or of aiding, abetting, counselling, or procuring the commission of the offence of personation by any person, shall be a misdemeanour, and any person convicted thereof shali be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour, at the discretion of the Judgo.