TO-MORROW'S POLL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1914, Page 3

TO-MORROW'S POLL

HINTS TO ELECTORS ARRANGEMENTS FOR VOTING CANDIDATES AND CONSTITUENCIES. Electors to-morrow throughout New Zealand will have their triennial opportunity of recording their votes for the candidates of their choice- for Parliament and also on the licensing question. The hours for polling are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. All shops and offices covered by the Shops and Oflices Act, 1908, must close from noon, and the afternoon will be deemed the statutory halfholiday for the week. All hotels must close from noon to 7 p.m. It is not necessary for factories to close during working hours, but employees must have a reasonable time for recording their votes, and no deduction shall be made in respect the-sof, provided such tune does not exceed one working hour. The elector should read the instructions as to voting, and carefully fol]ow them, or « else there is a danger of his ballot-paper becoming informal. The fact that even to-day, with education universal, large numbers of informal votes are still cast, renders it necessary to emphasise the direction that : "The voter is to strike out the name of every candidate for whom he does not intend to vote, by drawing a line through the name with a pen or pencil." Where there are more than two candidates "the voter must take care not to leave uncancelled the name of more than one candidate, or the paper will be invalid." The elector may register his vote in the manner described at any of the polling places, set forth below, in the electorate of which he is enrolled as an elector. An elector entitled to vote and who voted at the last election who finds that his name does not appear on the roll may, by making a statutory declaration before the Deputy Returning Officer, obtain the title to vote as though his name appeared on the roll in the ordinary way. The form of the declaration contains safeguards against any illegitimate use of the privilege. In the conduct of the poll the Returning Officer is- required to be very particular to observe the time of opening and closing. After the hour of closing, voting papers may be issued to any electors entitled to vote who are in the polling booth at the hour of closing. Persons committing breaches of the electoral laws are subject to heavy penalties. 'Ihe law is particularly severe in regard to offences at elections. Every person is liable to a fine not exceeding £20 who takes any means to advise or influence an elector as to his vote ; who prints or distributes < mock ballot-papers, together with any indication as to how any person should vote ; or who, during polling hours, makes any public demonstration by means of living figures, effigies, paintings, placards, or other like means. Anyone who publishes defamatory matter relating to any candidate between the issue of the writ and the close of the poll is liable to a fine not exceeding £50 or to imprisonment for any period not exceeding three months. Heavy penalties are also provided for erasing official marks on ballot-papers or tampering with them in any way. The following 'are the constituencies, the names of candidates, and the list of polling places in Wellington City, Suburbs, and Hutt electorates:—WELLINGTON NORTH. Candidates. — A. L. Herdman, H. E. Holland, W. 11. Turnbull. Polling Places. St. Paul's Schoolroom, Sydney-street (Principal). St. Paul's Schoolroom, Tinakori-road. , The Kiosk, Kelburn. Bcthune and Company's Auction Mart, Brandon-street. Sutherland and Rankine's Motor Garage, jMercer-strcetj,

Wesleyan Schoolroom, Molesworth-street. ' Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, Cree-wick-road, Northland. Residence of Mr. A. C. Golding, Kent Villa, Main-road, Wadestown. WELLINGTON CENTRAL. Candidates.— F. M.. B. Fisher, R. Fletcher. Polling Places. Palais de Danse (late Skating Rink), Vivian-street (Principal). Alexandra Hall, Abel Smith-street. The Public School, Upper Willis-street. St. Peter's Schoolroom, Ghuznee-street. Wesley Church, Schoolroom, Taranakistreet. The Rechabite Chambers, Mannersstreet. The Mission Hall, Are-street. The Congregational Schoolroom, Court' enay-place. The Mission Hall, Tory-street. The Drill Hall, Buckle-street. WELLINGTON EAST. Candidates.—David M'Laren, A. K. Newman. Polling Places. The Public School, Clyde-quay (Principal) The Presbyterian Schoolroom, Kent'ter« race. The Schoolroom, St. Mark's, Dufferim street. The Victoria Hall, Adelaide-road. O'DonnelTs HaU, Kilbirnie. The Bowling Pavilion, Hataitai. The Public School, Roseneath. WELLINGTON SOUTH. Candidates.— A. H. Hindmarsh, J. P. Luke, R. B. Williams. Polling Places: Newtown Public Library, Revans-streefc (Principal). The District High School, Newtown. St. Thomas's Schoolroom, Biddiford-street. Mr. P Hutson's Pottery Works, Wallace. street. The Tabernacle of the Church of God, Tasman-street. , The Churchroom, Palm Grove. The Congregational Sunday School, Con* stable-street. The Public School, Brooklyn. The Masonic Hall, Adelaide-road, Ber* hainpore. Miss M'Glynn's Post Office Store, Short« street, Vogeltown. WELLINGTON 1 SUBURBS. Candidates.— J. E. Fitzgerald, F. T. Moore, R. A. WrightPolling Places. Berhampore (Principal)— Mr. J. Ormrod s Stcire, ciorner Adelaide|-road and Chilka-street. Karaka Bay— Tea Rooms. Woreer Bay— Tea Kiosk. Seatoun— Mr. C. P. M'Farlane's Stort, Tram Terminus. Miramar— Town Hall. Maranui— Church Hall. Melrose— Mr. W. Tonks's Residence. Island Bay— Public School. Island Bay— St. Hilda'e HaU. Reuben-avenue Extension, BrooklynMr G. Yates's Residence, No. 61. Moana-road, Kelburn— Mrs. Hardies Re« sidence, No. 45. Makara—Public School. Te Kohanga— Telephone Bureau (Mrs. Walker's). Karori— Parochial Hall. Karori— Public School. Karori North—- Russell's Tea Rooms. Wadestown— Church Room. Goldie's Brae^ — Mr. C. F. Reeves'fl Resi» deuce. Kaiwarra^ — Methodist Church Room. Ngahauranga — Public Hall. Korokoro Soxitb — Public School. Normandale — Public School. Belmont — Mr. A. S. Prebble'e Residence. Hayward's— Mr James Egen's Residence. Ngaio — Methodist Church Room. Khandallah— Public Hall. Johnsonville— Moore Bros.' Hall. Pukehuia— Public School, Newlands. Ohariu— Public School. Tawa Flat— Public School. Porirua— Public School. Paremata — Public Hall. Plimmerton— Public School. Pukerua— Mr. H. Ames's Residence. Pa hautanui— Public School. Judgeford— Public School. Takapau — Public School. Fort Dorset. Fort Ballance. Fort Kelburn. HUTT. Candidates.— A. M. Samuel, T. M. Wilford. Polling Places. St. Augustine's Hall (Principal), Petone. Public Main School, Petone. Public School, Korokoro. Eastbourne Hall, Muritai. Public Hall, Wainui-o-mata. Town Hall, Lower Hutt. Knox Church Schoolroom, Blackbridge. Public School, Epuni. Public School, T&ita. Menzies' Hall, Silverstream. Oddfellows' Hall, Trentham. Public Hall, Wallacoville. Town Hall, UpperHutt. Public School, Kaitoke.