ENROLMENT.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20250, 30 May 1931, Page 17

ENROLMENT.

. —' DUTIES OP ELECTORS. V \ 4 W In view of the approach-of *th<i Gea- 1 ersl Election, it is adviaabtefor "61ee- k tors to eee that their names are on the electoral roll. A penalty is provided to meet the ease of offenders in this respect. Every adult perao.a "who" las lived in the .Dominion for twelve months and for < three months in a particular electorate is obliged to enroll' ■* „ ~ The registrar',' "of." elector!' lot" the . Christchurch - district(3u? J. J. Me-" Gahey) stated yesterday that the Ttforlt" 0 f compiling the rolls tysa always op to date. About X2O names were added to tf» •Christchurch North roll a month, 100 de- >■ . ducted, and 40 changed'io other, elec- r torates, and' a similar, portion obtained in rcspecte-of the other -four electorates —Chxistchnrch East; Christchurch South, Biccarton, and. Avon. It was his ex- „ perience that there was little necessity to threaten prosecution to persons for failing to register as during the' past few years there hadbeen a marlced in- - crease, in keenness to get on the rolls,;' Apart from- this the various Party organisations and those -working on be-, half of license and prohibition interests were so active 'that few persons were f allowed to neglect to enrol,''tor to notify* ' a change of address. 'Mpre. trouble was. . experienced.in regard to the regiatration oft persons attaining *he &ge of 21 years since the previous. election that l< lt ' any "other class of citizen,, - ,'ji r