TO TAKE LEGAL ADVICE
MR. KATENE'S POSITION
(By; Telegraph .—Press Association:)
: . CHRISTCHIritCH, This Bay. ..The official Labour■".,candidate for 'the Southera'.Maori seat, Mr. Hari Ni Kutene, has'not bedn allowed to stand, his nomination'paper, being-refused by the returning; officer on' the grouud that it is understood ho is a European,.having been so declared in 1917..,. ;
: Mr. Katene vfas advised of tho position on depositing his papers. To-night he will leave'; fPr WeHington in- order to take legal advice -as,to the^ next steps he'-. should addptl ■ ' The returning officer says that ho .acted !«n : .the-,instructionsr of- the Chief Electoral 'Officer.."".'' '"' \ '■'.;.'
; Mr; Katene stoodas'an-Independent at the "last-General Election, and no objection .was. raised then: Mr.-Katene contends that 'his -EuropeanisatiourV in 1917, applies^only; to matters concerning^Native lands,; and not to the Electoral: Act; V '■•■■'-;-".;' r-1'- !")! .'--"'.''"2' ■■■■: ■>-'■■ ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 19, 22 July 1932, Page 8
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131TO TAKE LEGAL ADVICE Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 19, 22 July 1932, Page 8
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