THE GREY ELECTION.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16210, 13 May 1918, Page 6

THE GREY ELECTION.

ON MAY 29tn

Tho writ for tho Grey by-election tfai issued on Friday. Tho polling'day. will be 529 th inst. 1

CLOSING OF TIIE ROl/L,

(I'BESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) GREYMOUTH, May 11. 2>ii-appointment was expressed in both election camps that the Rcgi*- , trar of Electors did not receive th# | official telegram notifying that til® writ had been issued, yesterday Witil : after (5 o'clock last night. A number of claims for enrolment wore thus shut out, as the organisers relied on the custom of notification being received , early in the day and their being notified as to the final hour for closing the roll. Tho official telegram was put in at Wellington at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon,; but did not reach f)reynioutb till aft*' 6 o'clock, and it was near 7 o'clock Wtfore it was delivered into tho hand* d the Registrar.

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GREYMOUTH, May ll.: Tho announcement of tho issuo of tM writ for tho Grey election caught both sides napping, and a number of mow* in hand were excluded from the'roll* Both Hides, however j had beetf baty and a thousand names will appear «n the supplementary roll. Mr Coatees committee were specially active in enrolling electors. All doubts as to Mr Coateß'g;candi* daturo have now been removed, and i«| has definitely indicated that he will, stand as a Liberal, supporting tho Government war policy. He ie, howerer. opposed to the iftanner in -which to® Government have treated the Second Division and their failure to deal the cost of living problem. >-,7 Mr Holland Epoko at BlaketoWJwt night, but covered no new ground. Toe greater part of his time was occnpiedjn answering newspaper criticism of' h" speech on conscription. v