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No. Electoral District. Objections or Suggestions. Name and Address of Objector or Writer. Decision of Commission. 20 Waitaki Forwarding copy of the following resolution : " That this committee desire to protest against the manner in which the boundaries of the Electoral Districts of Geraldine and Waitaki have been arranged, no regard having been shown to the interests of the residents of Waimate Borough and Suburbs Objecting to that part of Waimate Suburbs contained in the Deep Creek Riding of Waimate being separated from the electorate containing Waimate Borough Objecting to the proposed boundaries of the Waitaki Electorate for the following reasons : " Waimate is strictly a Canterbury district, the Waitaki River being spanned by only two bridges at great distance apart, with the result that communication with Otago can only be of trivial character, across railwaybridges, and of community of interest there is practically noni Forwarding copy of the following resolution : " That the Waimate Hospital Committee indorses the stejis now being taken by the various local bodies against the inequitable and uncalled-for proposal to alter the boundaries of I In- Waitaki Electorate " Forwarding the following resolution : " That this court protests emphatically against, the proposed alterations of electoral boundaries, which places the Borough of Waimate in Waitaki Eleotoral District, and the Suburbs in Geraldine District, thereby destroyine: the community of interest now existing " Forwarding the following resolution : ''That the Waimate County Council emphatically protests against the proposed alteration of the Waitaki electoral boundary, which, if carried into effect, would destroy the community of general interests now existing in the county " Letter from Timaru Harbour Board supporting resolution passed at a public meeting held at Waimate, on the 28th August, l!)l 1 Objecting to the proposed Waitaki electoral boundaries for the following reasons : (1) The Town of Waimate is divided into two, the southern part (comprised in the borough) only being included in Waitaki, and over one thousand of the town's inhabitants, because outside the borough bounds, being thrown into Geraldine. (2.) The evils of the last redistributions arc perpetuated and accentuated, not only Hook, Makikihi, and Otaio, whose business centre is Waimato, being thrown into Geraldine, with which they have no relations, but also Deep Creek, Waihao Forks, and other places, of which Waimate is the headquarters. On the other hand, a great part of the natural and business dependencies of Oamaru is included in Waitaki Objecting on the following grounds : (1.) That the proposed alterations have no regard to and are inconsistent with community of interests that do obtain and should be recognized. (2.) That the area has been unreasonably extended, is unwieldy, and will in future include thirteen additional polling-booths. (3.) That the northern suburbs of Oamaru should not be thrown (as is proposed") into the Waitaki Electorate, and no sound and conclusive reason can be assigned for this alteration. (4.) That the southern and western boundaries have been extended too far and cannot be reasonably justified. (5.) That by reason of the proposed boundary alterations in the Oamaru and adjoining electorates, three licensed hotels will now be located in the Oamaru Electorate, and being a no-license district the said hotels will by operation of law lose their licenses, which is an injustice, besides the doing-away of publio requirement in the way of necessary hotel accommodation Forwarding the following resolution : " That this Council enters its emphatic protest against the manner in which the boundaries of the Oamaru Electorate have been lixed, more particularly in respect to the severance of the suburbs from the borough." Protesting against the Taieri County, which is agricultural and pastoral, being parcelled out among mining interests (Otago Central) and maritime (Chalmers). The people of Port Chalmers are disassociated with the people of Taieri as much as if they were hundreds of miles apart, and their interests are in so many cases diametrically opposed that their representation in Parliament by the same member could not be beneficial. P. Grant, Secretary Waimate School Committee Impracticable to altei proposed boundaries. 2] G. Dash, Chairman Technical Board, Waimate Ditto. 22 H. C. Barclay, Chairman Waimate High School 23 (J. V. Cochrane, Secretary Waimate Hospital Committee »» 24 P. Grant, Secretary Court Foresters' Pride, No. 0073, A.O.I'. 26 G. V. Cochrane, Clerk Ultimate County 26 W. J. Bardsley, Secretary Timaru Harbour Board Hon. Sir W. J. Steward, Kt. 27 Impracticable t o alter boundaries as desired. 2S Oamaru Hon. T. M.P. Duncan, Boundaries amended as far as practicable. it C. W. Kent, Town Clerk, Oamaru Boundaries amended as far as practicable. Chalmers J. Logan, County Clerk Taieri County Council Cannot be given effect to.