Mr Harding moved, " That this mee-ing is of opinion that the state of the electoral laws and their administration, as revealed at the recent licensing polls in Wellington and in many other parts of the Colony, constitutes a public scandal, and requires the immediate attention of the Govern ment, and it calls upon the members for the city and suburbs of Wellington to re present the matter to the proper authori ties without delay." Mr C. B. Morison said there was an alle gation made to the effect that about 1000 applications had been sent in for insertion in the supplementary roll, all in the same handwriting, which were treated as for geries, and rejected. Mr Harding said that was substantially correct. The last supplementary roll con tained something less than 2000 names, and there were over 3000 applications sent in. More than 1000 papers were handed back to the applicants, who chose to take them and say nothing about it. He in stanced the case of a pugilist whose appli cation was among the number, and who denied its authenticity, adding that he could not sign his name.
The motion was seconded by Mr Brooks and carried.
Mr Hellyer moved, " That the gross irre gulax-ities tolerated in various, polling booths at the recent licensing elections in the City of Wellington, and the attempt in many cases to keep back the more impor tant of the two ballot papers from electors, call for the immediate attention of the Re turning Officer and the Government." This was seconded by Mr Peterson and carried unanimously. The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
