VACANT MAORI SEAT.
• •- :.- .<m\ 'CANDIDATE TO BE CHOSEN. , /•, [by. telegraph.— association.] ;. ; v-^,v CHBIBTCHURCH..Tbur«d»y. The Maoris at Tuahiwi were last night addressed by Sir, James Carroll regarding -,' ? ;4 the vacancy in the Southern Maori dis- ' »_ trict. He said 1 he would address electors in all parts of the district, after which : .<££ he would suggest the name of a certain w-$| person' to represent 'them in Parliament.::;.:.'.; He hoped electors would > agree to thfl. choice, especially as it was only a matter of about six months till another election would take place. >• t \ ■;y '"ffl At the close of .the meeting 'a motion M was carried to leave the selection of a jf| candidate to Sir James Carroll, Some indignation' was expressed when; it was an- \, nounced that, though the writ is issued, >| the rolls have not been published, ' and .i| people do not know whether they are en- •. ;.;| titled to vote. .' , jgM
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16763, 1 February 1918, Page 4
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151VACANT MAORI SEAT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16763, 1 February 1918, Page 4
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