HOW PETITIONS ARE GOT UP.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —Under the heading, "Metropolitan Ground and t'he University," I notice a letter signed by Chas. B. King. He says: "I must protest against the systematic attempt 'by false pretences to secure signatures to 'petitions in opposition to t'he intention of the Government." He then goes on to tell how the signatures of both 'his wife and his daughter-in-law were cibtained. I do not wish to contradict him, ibut I must say the ■wrong is not all on the one side. While at a friend's iplace the other night a canvasser for Mr. King's side called' at the house. Both the 'lady and her daughter wore strong for the ground ; l>eing left as it is, hut he pestered them until they signed, as they said, much against their will. If every person signing a petition had to pay, say, 1/, it would stop a. lot of this, and make people think before they acted. As proved in hundreds of other cases, signatures are easily obtained for almost any petition that is got up in New Zealand.—l am, etc., W. A. JOHNSON.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 216, 11 September 1911, Page 7
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