PROTESTANT POLITICAL ASSOCIATION.

New Zealand Tablet, 26 May 1921, Page 32

PROTESTANT POLITICAL ASSOCIATION.

To the Editob.

Sir,Under the heading “Protestant Political Association,” a number of candidates’ names were published on the eve and morning of the municipal poll in Christchurch. The list of names appeared in the Lyttelton Times and the Press.- Appearing as it did at the last minute, no opportunity was given to refute the statement. I wish to state here that I am not a member of the P.P.A. and neither did I consent to have my name published on their list. At the last meeting I addressed on the eve of the poll I stated that if elected to the City Council I go there to look after the interests of all the people and not to stir' up sectarian bitterness. Many, if not all, of the candidates whose names were published were in the same position as myself, and I think it should be a punishable offence for any person or association to publish a person’s name without first consulting him and getting his written consent.— am, etc., , H. F. Herbert. Linwood, Christchurch.