CHRISTCHURCH NORTH
PREPARING FOR. THE BY-ELECTION.
PEE S 3 ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, August 2. The returning officer has been very busy to-day receiving applications fox enrolment for Christchurch North. The old roll has on it 7925 names, and it is anticipated that the supplementary roll already contains about 2500. ' ME HALL’S’ CANDIDATURE. CHRISTCHURCH, August 2. , A meeting of supporters of Mr J. D. Hall’s candidature for Christchurch North was held to-night and was briefly addressed by the candidate._ Ho stated he was in favour of financial reform; closer settlement of the lands of the Dominion, settlers being put on under the leasehold system with the option of the freehold; a Civil Service Board to control appointments to the Civil Service; settlement of native lauds; compulsory military training; and a commission to inquire into industrial matters.
A motion was passed expressing confidence in Mr Hall, and pledging the meeting to do its utmost to secure Ms return. Executive and oilier committees Kate set t®.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19110803.2.45
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7869, 3 August 1911, Page 6
Word Count
162CHRISTCHURCH NORTH New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7869, 3 August 1911, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.