SHOULD LOCAL ELECTIONS BE POSTPONED?

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2834, 27 July 1916, Page 5

SHOULD LOCAL ELECTIONS BE POSTPONED?

It was reported at last evening's raeetRill ±M Wa?^ eglslatio ' 1 . Amendment Will, which contains a section providing tor the postponement of local bodies elections had Wed.its second reading ,n „ tho House of Representatives. J£ W - ■S- H j M "fl>' «id 'that three years was too long a period for the electors to be debarred from expressing an opinion. Ho moved: "That this board records its protest against the eTcctt " V tho local tira""' H - L - Nathan seconded the mo, ■Mr'. opposed tho motion. lhis_postponomcnt was for tho purpose °/innnnn D 5, a Saving - II ,ni B ht 6ava Aiou.uuu. Also, many men had gone to the front, and would lose their right to rote if the elections were held without postponement. Mr R. Fletcher* supported th« pro"wfiL to P rotest - The statement of a •£100,01)0 saving was much too high an estimate. The war was being made an excuso for all sorts of things. Mr C. W. Jones: At the beginning of the war it was tho proud boast of the British Empire: "Business as usual!" I. don t see why it should not bo so. Wo can send our men to the front and assist the funds, and yet. conduct our business. It is going 'too far to suggest putting everything off on account of tho war. Even if wo have a big war on hand, wo can go. on with our work. The motion was carried by 6evcn votes to six.