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No. Electoral District. Objections or Suggestions. Name and Addre-s of Objector or Writer. Decision of Commission. II Waitaki .. [ Protesting agahiRt the severance of the Borough of Waimate and its suburbsO ,, .. Protesting against the severance of the suburbs of Waimate from the Borough of Waimate .. Ditto ,, .. Protesting against the severance of the Borougn of Waimate and suburbs ,, .. Forwarding copy nf resolution as follows: " That tliJN public moeting of the electors of the Waitaki Electorate enter an emphatic protest against the proposed alterations of the electoral boundaries, whereby the district situated within one mile of the Waimate Post-office, with a population of 1,058 according to the last census, is transferred to the Geraldine Electorate, thereby destroying the community of interest existing between the Waimate Borough and suburbs. This meeting is further of the opinion that as the district north of the Waitaki River is included in the South Canterbury Hospital District, and the greater portion in the Timaru Harbour District, the general . community of interest would be best conserved by making Waitaki a South Canterbury electorate, as done in 1902, in preference to carrying it so far into Otago, between which province and South Canterbury there can bo little in common in the matter of local government „ .. Forwarding copy of the following resolution : " That this meeting of the Waimate Racing Club enter an emphatic protest against the proposed alteration of the electoral boundaries, whereby the district situated within one mile of the Waimate Post-office, with a population of 1,059 people according to the last census, is transferred to the Geraldine Electorate, thereby destroying the community of interest existing between the Waimate Borough and Suburbs. This meeting is further of the opinion that as the district north of the Waitaki River is included in the South Canterbury Hospital District, and the greater portion in the Timaru Harbour District, the general community of interest would be best conserved by making Waitaki a South Canterbury electorate, as was done in 1002, in preference to carrying it so far into Otago, between which province and South Canterbury there can be little in common in the matter of local government." ,, .. Forwarding copy of the following resolution : " That this Committee support the resolution passed at the public moeting of the electors of the Waitaki district held on the 28th August last, such resolution being as follows: ' That this public meeting of the eleotors of the Waitaki Electorate enter an emphatic protest against the pioposed alterations of electoral boundaries, whereby the district situated within one mile T>f the Waimate Post-office, with a population of 1,058 according to the last census, is transferred to the Geraldine Electorate, thereby (Iciitioying the community of interest existing between the Waimate Borough and suburbs.' " „ .. Pmti.sting against tho suburbs of the Borough of Waimate, containing 1,059 people, being put in the Geraldine bJoctoial Distiict, and separated from the Borough of Waimate N. Francis, Mayor, and C. Dash, Town Clerk, Borough of Waimate H. J. Dash, Secretary, Loyal Heart of Friendship Lodge, M.U.I.O.O.F. 5859 A. J. Hoskins, Sec- I retary, Waimate Branch, Farmers' Union A. J. Hoskins, Secretary, Waimate Ag- ; ricultural and Pastoral Association F. R. Gillingham, Chairman, South Canterbury Hospipital and Charitable Aid Board N. Francis, Mayor of Waimate, and Chairman of the public meeting A. J. Hoskins, Secretary, Waimate Racing Club W. Y. Purchase, Clerk to Licensing Committee T. J. Brown, President, Waitaki Temperance Roform Union Impracticable to alter proposed boundaries. 12 Ditto. 13 14 Iβ Iβ 17 »» A. J. Hoskins, Secretary, Waimate Racing Club IS M W. Y. Purchase, Clerk to Licensing Committee », T. J. Brown, President, Waitaki Temperance Koform Union lit f>