THE AWARUA SEAT.
TO THE EDITOR. Sib,—While speaking lately at Queenstown Mr J. G. Ward touched slightly npon his private business affairs, and expressed confidence that he would not be debarred from taking his seat in the House and fulfilling the duties to which he had been elected. Now, sir, I must confess that I, for one, am quite puzzled over this affair. I may be thick-headed or behind the times, but I cannot see how, in the name of common sense, Mi Ward can be eligible to take bis seat in the House. If the aforesaid seat was rendered vacant through his becoming bankrupt, is it not still vacant from the same cause, even though he has been re-elected by the people ? Supposing, however, that I in my stupidity am wrong, and that uncertificated bankrupts can hold responsible positions in New Zealand, does that prove that reckless plumpers are fit and proper persons to represent any constituency ’ —l am, etc., _ ~ ' X Rays. Dunedin, August 21.
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Evening Star, Issue 10399, 21 August 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)
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166THE AWARUA SEAT. Evening Star, Issue 10399, 21 August 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)
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