At will have been noted that for the appointment. of the ratepayers' representative on the Land' Com. this sion a ballot will be required at the meeting to-morrow. The three candidates have all stood be-Here and two of them have actually erved as Land Commissioners. It is always a dificult matter to. discuss a contest of this kind without laying stress on the personal aqua tion. From previous history it is easy to deduce the fact that there ale" two conflicting views. One holds that the ratepayers' repiesentative should be an expert in land matters and_ the other demurs to that view on the ground that so often. the expert's services cannot be used as he hae to stand down owing to his business connections with "the problem at issue, The advisability of having an expert im land matters cannot be ignored. There is precedent for the appoint ment of what might be called a lay representative of the ratepayers, for Mr, A. J. Welch was s0 elected some years age, and the Land Con-mission is usually well provided with experts by reason of the character of the other nominations, It is suficient to make this brief reference to the matter in order to draw. the attention of the ratepayers to the fat hat, they have to consider it in all its bearings: before they. vote on Wednesday next In a letter publish-elsewhere, Mr. Widdup expresses terest. 3 views which' will te read with
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