ROTORUA SEAT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22250, 26 October 1935, Page 15

ROTORUA SEAT

CANDIDATE'S POSITION MR. DOIDGE AND DEMOCRATS NO "POLITICAL POHUTU" It had been suggested by Mr. W. Xash that there was something sinister in the fart that the speaker had come forward as an Independent when his name had first been linked with that of the Democrat Party, said Mr. F. W. Doidge, Independent candidate for Rotorua,, in an address to electors at Hinuera. There was nothing mysterious behind the story of Doidge and the Democrats. The whole story would come out in due course—probably in the witness box in the course of a legal action now 011 the lists. "It is true the Democrats approached me," said Mr. Doidge. "They invited mo to their conference in Wellington, but they withdrew that jery rudely, when they found I ha'd entered the lists as an independent candidate for Rotorua. But they have never given up hope of drawing me back into the fold. Three weeks ago their Auckland provincial organiser visited this constituency. He called upon the chairman of my Matamata committee, Mr. B. C. Taylor. The organiser announced that the party's nominee for tho Rotorua constituency was not intending to proceed with tho campaign, and he urged that my committee should prevail upon me to seek the Democrat nomination. In the light of these facts, it is obvious that Mr. Nash, on this issue, has failed to stir into action a political Pohutti. On the contrary, he has slipped into one of Whaka's porridge pots, and has rather muddied himself in the process."

SUPPLEMENTARY ROLLS DUTY OF ELECTORS LISTS TO CLOSE SHORTLY \ The supplementary rolls will probably close within a week and qualified electors who have not already made certain that their names have been recorded should immediately take step.? to enrol. It is usual for writs to be issued a few days after Parliament rises, and the supplementary rolls will close on the same day as the issue of tha writs. Since the closing of the main Parliamentary rolls there has been a steady enrolment for the supplementary issue. Electors who have not' received from the registrar of electors an acknowledgment of receipt of application within seven days after signing should at once communicate with the registrar. Electors who have been notified that; their applications are informal should lodge fresh applications, otherwise when the roll closes they will not be able to vote. NATIONALISTS AT HTJTT SELECTION OF CANDIDATE [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION-] WELLINGTON, Friday Mr. Victor E. Jacobson, of Petone, has been selected to contest the Hutt seat in the interests of the National Government Party. The present memi ber for Hutt is Mr. W. Nash (Labour). DUNEDIN CENTRAL AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] DUNEDIN, Friday Mr. Sidney Wren has announced that ( he will contest the Dunedin Central seat as an Independent candidate. The sitting member is the retiring Speaker of the House, Sir Charles Statham.