... showed that to transfer the Court sittings the offices to Rawtenstall would put people to unreasonable inconvenience was of the fact that under the Representation People Act 1918 jurisdiction is given the County Court appeals decision of the registration ...

... revision to compliment the various assistant overseers upon the efficiency with which the list necessitated by the Representation of the People Act had been prepared The revision at Accrington was formally on the conclusion of the work the outside townships ...

... previous year by £4705 this sum the chief items are: Elementary education £3177 for the cost of giving effect to the Representation of the People Act 1918 £500 police £438 On the other hand the demands upon the General District Fund are diminished £620 The amounts ...

... meeting many events of the highest importance to our electoral system have shaped themselves by the passing of Representation of the People Act The rccoqimendations Boundary Commis sion resulted in Altham Hapton Huncoat Clow and Padinam Green being transferred ...

... point been freely discussed and on Wednesday the Local Government Board issued the following proclamation: Under Representation the People Act 1918 no person can give more than two votes the General Election A male elector may give one vote in respect residence ...

... back. Mr. Nuttall, seconding, said the Act was only just becoming known and appreciated in the town and the proposal to suspend .it would kill the interest in it. He believed the Act would be a great boon to people of the town in assisting them to buy their ...

... for the honour of representing the people in the Eouse of Commons and also pay every inan for his vote. Constituencies were then sold exactly as were church livings to-day. A man who had bought the right of representation of a certain constituency nominated ...

... at the last election he ventured to say that the majority, though not a large one, was still large enough to change the representation of Darwen Division from what it had been for fifteen years. Since then they had been mdebted to the .Primrose League for ...

... results in every way have justified the sanguine hopes of the organisers and workers. The bazaar itself, decorated in representation of a- Norwegian village, was a pretty and picturesque sight, and there was almost a plethora of articles for sale, the ...

... of Meals) Act, and likewise mutilated . the Agricultural Holdings Act and Town Tenants (Ireland) Act. lln 1907 they wrecked the Scottish Small Landowners Bill, rejected the Scottish Land Values Bill, and mutilated tne Irish Evicted Tenants Act. In 1908 ...

... claim that it amounted tp an act of tyranny, and was oppressive and unjust on the part of trade unions, to compel a minority, which may be composed of all shades of political opinion, to contribute towards Labour representation to which they (the majority) ...

... noon, and addressed a fairly large meeting from a landgu. He was given a quiet and respectful hearing. Councillor Cameron acted as chairman, and during a short address impressed upon the audience the gravity of the election, Mr. Baker said the issue was ...