THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 7662, 31 December 1914, Page 2

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

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M A yTINCl It), Dec. 29. Iu the course of his lindiug iUr McCarthy, y..M., certified that at the -erutiny of the marked rolls used by the several deputy returning- oHiccrs it appeared from a comparison that two voting papers were issued in respect of each of IT numbers. He further certified that persons would seem to have yoted under the declarations made pursuant to section IS of the amending I'dectoral Act, 1911, and that only a certain nuni'bor of such persons '•an be traced to have been on any roll, and whereas the result of the recount differs from the return of the returning ollicer which is incorrect, he ordered the returning odiccr to make :m amended return. Tf is necessary to ’’obit out (hat the d?l dual votes mentioned in the (lading tiro not the -17 votes declared by the Magistrate to lie informal, and which increase the number of informal votes declared by the returning odlcer in his original declaim lion from od (o 100. The number is merely a coincidence of dual voting, •and apparently Die false declarations of voting are unit levs for. the 'Election Court to deal with, and not till then will il be definitely known who is member for Hawke';.! Hav.