COUNTY ELECTIONS.

Grey River Argus, 21 July 1926, Page 6

COUNTY ELECTIONS.

! RATES AND THE PRANCHISE. WELLINGTON, July 20. At the counties’ conference, Mr K \V. Dalrymple (Rangitiki) brought forward a remit to repeal Section 57 »,if the Counties Act, which disfrau Y'hises the electors who have not paid their rates. I 'Tin- (’hairman contended that, ir n.niiy cases, the fault of not colled ing the rates was that of the County officials. A man shoul 1 never be pro | secuted twice *or the same offence. If Iho didn’t pay his rates, he was fined 10 per cent, which was a. hefty fin< to impose on a fellow who possibh had not the money to pay his rates Tix’ present practice involved sending | out of a defaulters’ list to the jiollinp i stations. Tf a man had been elected n member of a council <nixl had not ' pa! I his rates, he could still >it am' vol* away imno'v, which a ratepayer I‘who ha-' paid his rates was delmrr--from.. To prevent ('lectors from vot ' ing nt elections was to throw thei I Icx-k to th-' dark ages. Mr C. Johnson (Raglan): Tf it wa c (confim'd. to European residents, I ■ won I<l sunport it. | Mr Dalrvmple agreed to accept suel a limitation. I 'Pho remit was rej/cicd Lv a larg*’ I majority.