GENERAL ELECTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19959, 30 May 1928, Page 12

GENERAL ELECTION.

THE WAIKATO ELECTORATE. REFORM PARTY CANDIDATE. AN ELIMINATION BALLOT. The Reform Tarty will have only one candidate for the Waikalo seat at the general election, the two contestants foi the party's nomination, Mr. D. S. Reid, M P., and Mr. S. N. Ziman, having agreed to abide by the decision of a ballot among the Reform supporters in the electorate. Mr. Reid is the sitting member of Parliament for the constituency, which has been considerably altered by the Boundaries Commission, and Mr. Ziman has announced himself as an Independent Reform candidate. The position was discussed with the Prime Minister, Mr. Coates, when he was in Morrinsville, and it was agreed that the procedure laid down in the constitution of the Political Reform League should be followed, that is, that the supporters of the party in tho electorate should chopse their candidate and that the winner of tho elimination ballot should carry the united support of the party adherents. Arrangements for conducting the ballot are now being made by tho party organiser, Mr. I). B. Hebenton. THE HAUEAKI CONTEST. MR. A. W. HALL TO STAND. A candidate for the Hauraki seat in the Reform interest at the general election will be Mr. A. W. Hail, chairman of the Papatoetoe Town Board. A deputation headed by Dr. A. B. Jameson, of Papatoetoe, and representative of Reform supporters throughout the electorate, waited on Mr. Hall yesterday to urge him to accept nomination. Mr. Hall, who has had the request under consideration for some days, announced his decision to stand as a Reform candidate. The Hauraki electorate has been created since last election to take the place of the old Ohinemuri electorate. It comprises portions of the latter, as well as areas taken from the Thames and Franklin electorates. Its constitution is mainly rural and it takes its name from the Hauraki Plains, although it was first proposed to call it Mercer. It contains, however, a large number of suburban residents and approaches the metropolitan area closely at Mangere Bridce. The boundaries include Mangere, Otahuhu, Papatoetoe, Wiri, Pakuranga and Howick, the electorate's northern boundary being part of the shores of the Manukau Harbour and the southern bank of the Tamaki River. The eastern boundary follows the coast into the Firth of Thames, including such centres as Whitford, Clevedon, Miranda, Waitakaruru and Pipiroa. From the last-named it follows the western bank of tho Piako River to a poinf- below Neatea, which is included in Hauraki. The southern boundary runs almost due west between the Piako and Waikato Rivers, including Kaihere, Taniwha and Rangiriri. Proceeding north again, the boundary follows the Waikato River northward until Mercer is passed. Further north, centres near the boundary and included in Hauraki are Pokeno, Maungatavvhiri, and Hunua. The line excludes Papakura, Takanini and Manurewa, crossing the railway lino between Manurewa and Wiri to include the latter, and the suburbs north of it until the shores of the Manukau are again reached. THE FRANKLIN SEAT. A LIBERAL ASPIRANT. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. J PUKEKOHE. Tuesday. Mr. G. T. Parvin, deputy-mayor of Pukekohe, has announced his intention of contesting the Franklin seat at the general election as a Liberal candidate. He has received a number of requests to stand. Mr. Parvin has been a member of the Pukekohe Borough Council for some years. He is also a member of the Franklin Electric Power Board and the Board of Managers of the Pukekohe Technical High School.