THE ISLE OF PROFLIGATES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1938, Page 23

THE ISLE OF PROFLIGATES

The Isle of Man? which is aiming j at completer self-sufficiency by acquiring the few remaining rights of the) '~ bßritish Government and Crown with-j in its territory, has long since lived down its former reputation as "the l sanctuary of the unfortunate and profligate of surrounding nations," says the "Manchester Guardian." i Before 1814 it was impossible to prosecute a resident for crimes committed outside the island, with the result; that debtors and gamesters flocked there in such numbers that an eighteenthrcentury critic was moved to write: When Satan tried his arts in vain The worship of our Lord to gain, "The world," said he, "and all be thine Except one spot which must be mine: That little spot 'tis but a span, By mortals called "The Isle of Man": That is a place I cannot spare,' For all my choicest friends are there*

POLL ON FRIDAY

USE OF BALLOT PAPERS

The election of the four representatives of the Maori race in Parliament will be held on Friday, and on this oc* casion, for the first time, printed ballot papers will be used and the. election conducted in a manner similar to that in which the European elections are conducted, except that there is no roll.

Under the previous system the Maori voter went to the polling place and named the candidate for whom he wished to vote, but this time the Maori will have to strike off the ballot paper the names of the candidates for whom he does not want to vote.

Maori polling booths will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, but there is authority for the hours of polling to be extended where the need arises, because of congestion or other reasons.

The absentee voting system is not applicable to Maori election^. For instance, a Maori who is a bona fide resident of the Eastern Maori electoral district and who may be resident in the Western electoral district on election day; cannot vote in a Western electorate polling booth for the Eastern Maori electorate.

Neither does the postal voting system apply to Maori elections. Maoris unable to go to a polling booth through sickness or for any other reason will be unable to vote.