PREPARING FOR THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11876, 30 January 1902, Page 5

PREPARING FOR THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

The registrar of Electors at Auckland lias mailed to v postmasters and police stations in his four Parliamentary districts general ; and supplementary rolls, forms of enrolment, ; transfers, and applications for alteration of name through marriage, so as to convenience •every one desiring information, and affording all full opportunities tit registration, if : Hot already on the rolls. This should secure attention to these important matters, and enable the proper officers, should occasion arise, to institute the necessary inquir- ; ies after the receipt of the papers before ". the claims are approved and got ready for legal Use. Any demurs will also be disposed of in good time, previous to' the new electoral, boundaries being gazetted "when ; retention or transference ■ can at once be V settled after the receipt of the Boundary •Commissioners' \ report. It is also Mr. 'King's intention to quickly forward to the chiefs of all known political organisations a complete set of applications, so that early attention and action may be taken by those interested* Very many qualifications in the; different 1 electorates require altering or amending, and those affected should at once .look after these matters, especially as the registrar informed our reporter that-it is, ' his intention to shortly summon a batch of those who have not. up to the present applied for transfers, or in other ways attended what is required to make their qualifications complete. If intending claimants and others neglect the present opportunity ' in complying with the statute and its amendments, they cannot reasonably complain by-and-by if delays or inconveniences follow"; besides attention now will, in a variety of ways, not only assist themselves, bat prove a help to the Department.