THE NOMINATIONS A SERIOUS BLUNDER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10300, 27 November 1896, Page 4

THE NOMINATIONS A SERIOUS BLUNDER.

If i vrill ddubtieus: cms 3 iconisidaralble sensation rtofc day in ltliiid district be t ffirraikgilitlufc the ictnldn? roileainitllai jit ilsas; foeen ] discovered ithnfc a iserimis jhlunnler ban [been icmnitiittedi geniibkl y: ' in! fixing it! ' date ifcr it he final ;recei])t Ibi! 1 nominations; : of niididat?s 1 for i to-day. 'The ! taut Unit tine 27ith hao been adrertiseel i in a tine electorates as ithe iiaetto which :noniirtji±ion 3 ;c6u ld> be rented ishowal that itlne enrdr has arisen froilj a Common ceiut/-e-, and thai itle t-exufcinpr officers are not: in anyi my ibtitltaei fact = is [apparent that* jfesieafoji was! tlim latest date at Trhi(il): ■morajiiations for I th j coining iPs.rliafiljntary > elections coiilc .be pkcled ii itlip 1 hands of: the returning officers, laad itlcai Ajiiy nominations after chat date njiiist ibei invalid.] The iworijngkltliaiiitioli til 3 Bijbiftdfciis in [the stlii «fctii)ij' which rehds ■: --"Ajny mui qilaMed inise,ctioin9cf itliis Act, viifch iiu consent,! may ibn nomimated, as la,candidate fon election 1 for any I cisihrtici- jby mot ilessi than itvro 3ltcto:'s:ol' tleilast-natned'district, by a ncniinaticn.jimeiyin the torn) or tol the [effect i siiti rath in tiid 12.hi schedule hereto, igtvn( or 1 trainsmlitced ; tj Ithe return i ngl soiasi tD retch him ant talis ithan seym days Ir'efore itlie Klfiy] appointed: for it! e: iboll.' ! iTirning to the 1 best -rccffifiisftd .aitiiolrityi cnltbe intarprfttfiiloMcf Jpaal terms—namely, Stroud'?. "iJliciilUt Dictiioaa ryiwh fii d itliaf: H where tjitie is: t(b 'ore computed US rrtolc less'ltliasna, given numberiof days itltal; .mean* clmr days."' 'iTiirniiig' to itle,same :aihtho'ity:fori tliei interpret,aition of V clear (ivy : v wei tin i that 'fthe Ipliirass'clpfl.r Itlnya' niipamd t,ialt this time is:to bfiJi'Gekointl chime lot hath! the (first find ilastldsy'j." rUndek* this: inter ipi'etaiigih wiiiaiifi itlie. authoritative oye; the day of ;teationi and it lie dr.ylol: [nomination! <lo:lot:count, and jbetweien itiiieiu it!r"re must intervei:e [ s«vert clear :days,:sffl tliatt bi«; ekotion ,:layi heint; !ti:<ed (by Statute foil Mictaj? next the ;4thi of I December, itli.ei latest day 1 permissible lon receiving nominations wan syfestecduj, 1 Met as strengthening! this :e»ncliisio:i,[ for :it is mcliapn table, ib at ias i llhsttitjfnj . it ■we nijay uremtron ! th*.fc< ufci the : list ; general lelecttlDi:-—villi 1.8931—th« isevenlclief.ndaya > 1 were Dbs&rred, the litestidate loir nouiiinattoasi in the oily itlueh being it Ire fiQtli, lahct tliu jdatu 0?; election the! £81 In of llvo^ehiiber. 1 iThwt uny intending ciiiidiidates sJiduldiha'e been 1 imsled in this ' '\vjay i|R 'gnea.tly tc: lifiiregrei;twl. and th 3 jfulfc Extent of itiie mischief! atone ii'l . io;ilV ibocotne ]app'iire::iti' wl en iwb ilemra 1 exactly wl 01 ha ; ei and wild bmvo net 1 been 1 nDmiaated ithnpuglcoutl tliei colon i 'withinitieistateory time, 'The error, 1 ia* ' we: have i&.lid, [appears ito shave igenekHj extended itlirqughont itlie : colony,iahdi ro.dt>u.bHil> luveicapsieed i a:good mane/ 3ailciilattonsitllat havesbeen 1 raadei, but. '-/liat political party may: have I lost. 'Oil Raided (by the: luisadreitute we are not in a position -toisayiubtil itlie 1 lists ofithose who ha re been [nominated ■in ithe; several: districts, are copiplete. .Attention ilnsl beieri idirectlecl ito ithe 1 wholes subject.by the:action of the:reI 1 turning btiicer. in I tie' \7aiirarapaj vrho ! appears lo:lmvp gone to rtlie (extreme in the 1 otlreii direction: hip risiigtlie closing I !of nominations nt itco ;rly a date, and 51 refitting a; isuibqequant 1 nomination 31 paper'which (appeani ito iliave 1 been . 1 presented i;oilnnv within,statutory. timß, fills I having 1 been 1 i'ctern;d ito itlie CDoioaial Secretary, the/ wliole intaiter I I Of itlie Ibiuhcer wvsrl the nomination of 1: candidates; in forded forward' for con1, sideratioii. 'lliern will nci ddubt: be 3 ia isearchingi inquiry I demanded i tn.o g tJie conduct^of I those wlioi may 1 have ■ been; responsible fon an, apparent BiisI I cireatiui* to klife iiatt rnitig! Officers, and 5 it is ito he hoped:, for, thi Mnour ofitlie b 1 color,yl tilin.t it? iill inoti be :fouhd that , there was any pclliiidial or 1 party qb;e(it r . at it lie 1 bottom] of; it, IThix, sf: course, , 1 v'ill bel tliei first thought that Kv 11 asriiso " I i i 1 tliei mimisi of : disappointed: cahdi- : I dates who may liasvd been oleprivlec of t Ihein opportunity for 1 receidpg itl 0 3 siuffnigeslof their supporter.'!. A|t prer sent, the! inciiien# ksmotl this: com- , 1 flexion, 1 bun whatieveri or; whosotev 3r ' I may 1 have, bead the jcaiue: of lit, the 3 1 accuFr#n:ei ::si one itlla; irefltoiis l very > i little icrediii :on those who 1 have 3 1 had the oversight of thai .TrirapgieriKtnts. ; What intakes Ithe position (worse is j. tiis.t I tiierei is 110 pcss9ilii'i r ivjT of :ricl,ify--1 ifig: the: erroi. ; Tlib floturinjig Officer is ] precluded in: term# cf itlie, fro in 1 re- " 1 ceiivipg anyifiirlthan liominfttionsi infter • the 26tlv and any eleation 1 eld 011 the 11 basis ofi such ai nomination wiodld he 51 neeessirrlji invalid..: JProvi&toh isimade , iti the Autsasi to it lie icqufso to <b 5 itaken in:raiaiiig; objection 1 to 1 noiniinatiions, suoh' Qbjec<tiDi:s > bieiju; required ltd bo f plftccdi in itl ei hands :ol the sreturning I 1 officer not less itlia ifive daysl ibefoi'6 ; 1 fchd da :e:ofl the pollipgl day 1 that is to ' I say, to:-morro\f, Saturday; ist the .latest cui.V lor objecting. But iniview ofltbe 1: preciißion of the kwioft ths iiubji:ect,:the • fcutiility of [nominations lifter this statu--3; tory date Hvill probably ibe reuojjmsjd 0 : by: the; unfortunate ito Purlia- . i mdntaryi hoiiomn,Kvliol tmoilgn 1:1 a fault i i tlieir 1 own are excluded from It lit ' 1 sUction,