At the Westport Magistrate’s Court tho other day Senior Sergeant M'Carthy proceeded against a number of electors who failed to comply with the compulsory registration clauses of the Election Act. He did not press for any penalty, but brought the cases, forward, as a warning to others and to give publicity to the requirements of the Act.. Two of the offenders had since complied with the regulations, and.' the sergeant asked that these charges be withdrawn. Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., said there was a nominal fine attached to the offence, but as the sergeant did not press for this he would order the defaulters to pay costs, -/
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Otago Witness, Issue 3804, 8 February 1927, Page 29
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