THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 38, 31 May 1878, Page 2

THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1878.

. --. : i ■ 1,,. 1 „.. - -ii_ U ' ~ i,i., 111 —■'-'. ' '"'■ — — — .. , . ■ ■; Thk loflt eloction eecms to havo drawn general attention to the slovenly manner in whioh tho Electoral Bolls are 'Toviflod" or compiled in this part of tho Ootoriy. In tho Groy Valloy a largo numbor of peraobs on the recent polling day found thornBel yea unexpectedly disfranchised, although retaining a qualification of yoara' standing, and having voted at t,he previous eloction, and never since been advertised as objected to, The eamo disappointment wfta experienced in Roefton. The namo annoying disability oxtondod here to businesa men who have resided in the town for years, ocoupied the anme promises, and who, until the last election, wero on tho list of votora. We know not who ia responsible for this blundering, but the proper stens will ba taken to ■have tho matter,' brought under tho notioo of the Government, in order fo guard ngitinflt a recurrence of ouch groaa oareleaaneas, It ia said that' no loss tbun thirty persons in tho electorate 1 were in the manner ; Btatod at the eleotipn, and this conaideriod 'in relation to the total number of voters in the ooqatituenoy, points to the necessity of 0 great reform in the method of dealing with tho electoral rights of the people.