Norfolk’s “ Myster Poster”

This poster, which appeared at the recent elections for [?]he Norfolk Island Council, was a mystery. The elections [?]ere hard fought and feelings were high at times, [?]ut both sides denied any knowledge of this poster. It surports to support four candidates who were standing against [?]hat is termed locally “the bloc”. Members of the bloc, which have a majority on the Council, demand that the island [?]e allowed to run its own affairs. The only man on this [?]oster to be elected was Mr. Wilfred Randall (his name on [?]e poster is incorrectly given as Wilt). The mystery poster [?]ays that Mr. Ray Nobbs “was nominated by his wife and [?]other-in-law”. But the real sting was in the tail, where [?]e poster said that the candidates if elected “proposed to [?]pply income tax”. Norfolk has no income tax, and a promise to introduce it was not exactly a vote-catching platform!

Photo: Raymond Hoare