NEW ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES

Evening Star, Issue 19634, 13 August 1927, Page 2

NEW ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES

ASHBURTON ABOLITION CONFIRMED “MID-CANTERBURY" CHOSEN FOR MERGER OF ASHBURTON AND ELLESMERE [l’ks. United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 12. The final decisions of the Sectoral Boundaries Commission aro published in a supplementary ‘Gazette.’ A few changes have been made as a result of objecting petitions to the provisional boundaries which werq originally defined by Commissioners. . Some changes in 11 j names of electorates have been effected. In the Auckland district there is a new electorate called Auckland Suburbs, which from the description given in the ‘ Gazette ’ appears to comprise the greater part of the old Eden electoral district. Eden formerly was really a semi-rural electorate. The new Eden, which, when the boundaries were provisionally published, was described as Auckland South, now becomes a city electorate bounded by Grey Lynn, with Auckland Central and Auckland East, and extending down towards the Mannkan road locality. There arc no material changes in other Auckland City electorates. A new electorate, which was provisionally named Mercer, is renamed Hauraki, and takes in the greater pare of Thames electorate. Ohincmuri is done away with and absorbed in liauruki, Thames, Tauranga, and Waikato. There have been slight amendments in Tauranga, which now extends along the Bay of Plenty coast line to tbo boundary of the Bay of Plenty district, near Whakatune, and along the north of Roto Elm and Rotoma Lakes. The new name of New Plymouth, as applied to Taranaki, stands. It is understood that petitions were lodged in Wellington in respect to the Willis street area, but it does not appear that any alteration has been made in regard to the boundaries as provisionally rearranged. The other local city electorates remain without further change. The abolition of Ashburton electorate has been confirmed by the Commission. A new electorate has been formed by the merging of Ashburton and Ellesmere. However, it is not to bo called Ellesmere, as was formerly proposed, but Mid-Canterbury. It is observed that in the Otago district Central Otago is the name given to old Wakatipu electorate. The provisional boundaries gave the now name as Otago Central, but it appears that the Commissioners have considered Central Otago more suitable. Other electorates arc not affected to any largo extent.