Registrars and Rejectors
Registrars of Electors run curiosity shops m the way of exhibits m re the ignorance of hmrians. If you want to see just .how "casual the average colonial is .(outside a /tram car or a railway carriage, where he; or sne leaves or 1 her valuables and love letters) — ask a Registrar. The latest case is that of a Reformer who challenged an enrolment. "The man has been dead these many years," he wrote. "That's queer," replied the Registrar, turning up the roll — "here is .proof .that he must have got up out of his grave," for he voted at the last elections, three yeai's ago." "Truth" has just heard of another objection form which bore the legend, "This man is deceased." And only the previous week "this man" had sent m his enrolment f orni4 >
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NZ Truth, Issue 881, 14 October 1922, Page 1
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139Registrars and Rejectors NZ Truth, Issue 881, 14 October 1922, Page 1
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