Taupo count on Monday?
PA Rotorua A judgment in the Taupo electoral petition hearing was expected on Tuesday, said the Chief Justice, Sir Ronald Davison, yesterday. After counsel for the parties told the special sitting of the High Court at Wairakei that they had no further evidence to present, Sir Ronald, who has presided over the two-week hearing, said he planned to reconvene the court on Monday morning to enable -counsel- to make submissions on the Maori option ' question and other outstanding J legal issues. He expected the count to begin on Monday afternoon and he asked counsel to have scrutineers available for that time. . / He then told counsel that
he expected to have the judgment available for delivery on Tuesday. The petition hearing began on March 29 and has Mr J. W. Ridley, Labour candidate for the Taupo electorate, as: petitioner. The first respondent is the sitting National member for the electorate, Mr R. N. McClay. Of the total 182 challenges listed by the first respondent, 48 were abandoned 7 late yesterday. The Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon) said in Auckland last evening that the need for the Speaker’s vote was “an oversight of the kind that occurs from time to time.” . He added, “Hopefully, it will not happen again. 1 ’
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