SALE DAY BALLOT.

Waipa Post, Volume XXI, Issue 1211, 28 February 1922, Page 5

SALE DAY BALLOT.

QUESTIONS OF PROCEDURE.

VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS

Following the postponement of tht ballot on the stile day question last Saturday, (here were a. good many discussions regarding the probable future developments and likely procedure.

Some Thursday advocates held a short meeting to further consider the position. It was realised that to proceed in the face of direct opposition to those who had brought about the last ballot would be to give rise to yet another source of confusion ; that the second ballot would be taken to suggest a breach of faith. Although no stipulation was made in the announcements /of the first ballot that the decision ' reached would hold good for any definite period it had been generally accepted to mean that the wishes of the majority of voters would be respected for the" present year. On this score there were many who hesitated to take part in a movement which suggested a breach of faith and even the Thursday advocates did not wish to bring about any misunderstandings in this connection. The ballot had been adjourned rather than force such a position. But on the other hand it was felt that to let Thursday go to Claudelands would be to prejudice the Te Awamutu sale if a change is desired by a majority in future. With Thursday gone to Claudelands, the calendar will be full so that, at the end of this year when the ballot obligations have been complied with, any change may have the effect of clashing the Te Awamutu sale with another. So that, besides the desire not to break faith with anything that has been done in the past there was also the desire to safeguard the interests of the sale in the event of a change being wanted in the future.

After discussing these points the meeting dispersed without any immediate action being taken, though it was promised that enquiry would be made, and possibly a conference of the rival advocates would be held later.

A Post reporter discussal tie question with some Saturday advocates later in the day. They held the opinion that the November ballot had decided the question for the present year, and that it was premature at this stage to bring forward rival proposals. At the same time they conceded that all parties had to work together to safeguard the future, and to seek any means whereby it could be assured that in the event of a change being wanted by the majority next year it will not bring the Te Awamutu sale into conflict with a sale elsewhere. If, on inquiry being made, It was ascertained that the future would be in any way prejudiced they indicated that they would be prepared to meet with the Thursday advocates to seek some arrangement that would be acceptable to both and calculated to safeguard the interests of the sale. A good many farmers came into town last Saturday expressly to take part in the iballot, and they were disappointed at the postponement.