LICENSING ELECTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12192, 11 February 1903, Page 6

LICENSING ELECTION.

TO THE SDITCiR. Sir, There appears aparJgraph under th» above heading which rill tend,to mislead many persons as to my oosivion to being eititled to enrolment. You say lam nit on any roll at the present tine, and that it will be some months before I can "Legaly claim to be put on an elecUral toll." aid you seem to think that a recent judgment covers my case. Now. the faVts are I *,«=.» in New Zealand nearly two years. J ■v»s enrolled in 1900, and 'stood for Parliamait in that year. I have been renov«d frna the roll since, but not in the way yrovicM for by the Electoral Act. Next a thonti removed irregularly. I have applied un<j>r clauses 53 and 5* of the Electoral Act r or reenrolment. These clauses provide f«r;» being absent for over 12 months in om ciae and for three years in .the other, anc are well known to the electoral registrar 'i have written to that gentleman many ines without getting any satisfaction. Hi 'a as now three letters of mine which he wil not reply to, so that if finally I am not emlled to exercise my citizen's rights it will b not because I have no "qualification." bi; because the electoral officer defies the sttufo law 3 of the land, and, what is worse (till seems to be backed ur> by the GoverniEiit! The registrar should, have brought my t&st before the Appeal Court, the proper trfcm&l to decide it, but this he, for reasons Bjsfly understood, did not care to do. Lan howseeking legal advice on this matter, tisjesuit of which will bo known later on. fin the meantime I nafurallv feel indignaitirnt in the city of Auckland electoral irregharj&js abound that would disgrace Russia. Pejple meet me daily who voted at the reeort dection, who nevertheless have been strict off the roll. No improvement need be hoped for till we have a system of electora rithts and self-registration. . One thing I rill do and that is I will have the whole matter brought before Parliament when it neets— that is, if Mr. Seddon ever allows i to fit again while he lives.—l am, etc., I Wit. RICHAIDSOS.