RE PATEA ELECTION.
TO THE EDITOR 07 THE PRESS. Sir, —A* an old returning officer I must express my dissent from the finding on this electipn petition. As far as can be judged from the account appearing in your columns, one of the deputy-returning officers declined to give a man named Williams a ballot paper, as there -was no one of that name on the roll, though there was a Williamson, which' Williams claimed was meant for him. It appears now that this was so, but hoxr could -the deputy-return-ing officer satisfy himself on this point at the time of the election? Again, how did the judges know who Williams would have voted for; if he had voted for Mr Haselden it would hare increased his majority to two, if for the other candidate there would be a tie, and the returning officer would have to. <vote. Why, therefore, a fresh election?— Yours, etc., BALLOT.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11097, 16 October 1901, Page 9
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