CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD ELECTION.
[by T£LEGBAPH.---rRES3 ASSOCIATION.] Ctmisrcuvmcß, Friday. ' Jt Mb. Bishop, S.M., heard, a case 'this mora* ing in which Win. David Sykes petitioned - that'he, and not S. A. Staples, should be de- J . clared elected for the sub-district at the [ Chiistchurch Tramway Board's election. The trouble has arisen owing to a mistake of the deputy-returning officer at one booth, who transposed the figures for Sykes and Staples, by which Sykes was first given a substantial majority. A day later the returning officer discovered the mistake and gave " Staples the scat- by a small majority. The.! * >: • seat is claimed by Sykes on the ground that c' f |li;g the deputy-returning officer had no right to i amend the original return, and that Staples, learning of the mistake, should have been the petitioner and not Sykes. The magistrate decided to have a recount of all the votes and will consider the point raised by ; : petitioner that certain votes were rejected <. ; a* informal which were not so, for the reason that, though not marked in the man-. '; ner provided by.' the Act, they ' clearly;. ;? .-;,||| indicated that the voters intended to vols for Sykes. *
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13235, 21 July 1906, Page 6
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192CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD ELECTION. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13235, 21 July 1906, Page 6
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