The Otago Central Electorate.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 6690, 20 August 1919, Page 3

The Otago Central Electorate.

HOW IT HAS BEEN ABSORBED. As the elections approach interest in our "new boundaries" becomes keener. The following description of how Otago Central electorate has been sub-divid ed has been supplied to tho Mt. Ida Chronicle by Mr J. A. Norrie, registrar of Electors : Waitaki. Waitaki Electorate now includes the whole of the Idaburn, Gimmerburn, Mt. Ma and Kyeburn Ridings, and portion of tho Hyde Riding of Mamototo Coun- j ty- The boundary line runs from Mt.' Ida range down the north western boun-' dary of the Idaburn Biding to Vincent County and along the southern bo.un-' daries of the said Idaburn, Gimmer-' burn, Mt. Ida and Kyeburn Rid-' ings, and follows the Taieri River to tho boundary of the Waihemo County at a point where the Horsoburn enters the Taiori, and then follows the Horseburn and then the Waihemo County boundary to Kakanui Peak ; and from that point along the Kakanui and Mt. Ida Ranges to its starting point. Waimato is the headquarters of the electorate.

\ Wakatipu. All that portion of the Otago Central district lying west of a line drawn from Mt. St. Bathans along the top of the range to the North-west boundary of Idaburn. Riding, thence following the western boundary of the said Idaburn Riding and along the southern boundaries of tho Idaburn, Gimmerburn, Mt. Ida and Kyeburn Ridings, and following the Taieri River to a point in line with the NjE. boundary of Lot 122, Middlemarch, block IX., Strath Taieri District; thenee running north-west to the boundary of section 7 of the said block IX.; thence running southerly, taking in Clarks and Lee Stream, and then westerly to the Clutha Electoral District and running along the northern boundary to tho said Clutha Electorate to the summit of the Whitecoomb Range at Whitecoomb. Bruce. Bruce takes in all the southern end of tho old Otago Central Electorate with the exception of the Outram Town District. This electorate now oxtends up the Otago Central railway to a point below Middlemarch, and is bounded on the West and east by the Wakatipu and Chalmers boundaries respectively. The boundary circles Middlemarch and extends north along the Taieri River to a point opposite Rock and Pillar ; thence running south-east-erly by the Chalmers boundary right past Outram, and then following" tho Taieri River to its mouth. Clutha. All tho portion below a line drawn from the boundary of tho Bruce Electorate where it touches the Clutha River, running north-west to the southeastern corner of blk. XIII, Crookston; thence by the eastern boundary of the said block XIII. to and along the road forming the southorn boundaries of sections 16 and 17, block XVII. to tho eastern boundary of the said block XVII., at the south-eastern corner of the said block XVII.; thence by the eastern and northern boundaries of block XVII. to the northern boundary of blocks IX. and VIII., Crookston, to the eastern boundary of tho Crookston Riding; thence by the eastern and north-eastern boundaries of the riding to the Wakatipu Electoral District,

Chalmers. Tho new Chalmers district includes tho Town District of Outram, at tho lower end of the old Otago Central Electorate, and also that part of the district extending east towards Macraes from a lino drawn from Kakanui Peak to the Horseburn and following the Horseburn to its junction with the Taieri River, and extending along the Taieri Eivcr to a poinc opposite Rock and Pillar; thence south-easterly to a point named Smooth Cone.