NEW APPOINTMENTS
GOVERNMENT POSITIONS MR HISLOP’S SUCCESSOR. [ Per Pres» Association. ] WELLINGTON, JUNE 25. With the retirement of Mr J. Hislop from the dual position of Undersecretary of the Department of Internal Affairs, and, Chief Electoral Officer, it has been decided to separate the offices. Re-appointment of Mr G. I*. Newton as Under-Secretary has already been announced and the Public Service Commissioner advises that Mr G. G. Hodgkins, who for some years has held the position of Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, will become Chief Electoral Officer as from Sunday next. Mr Hodgkins has held various posts in the Department since 1902, and in 1916 the Government sent him to Tasmania to investigate there the working of proportional representation and the operation in the Common » wealth of compulsory registration of electors. The New Zealand systems of compulsory registration is the result ot his recommendations, as is the system of postal voting to apply this year.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20183, 27 June 1928, Page 8
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