WEDNESDAY'S POLLS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9024, 2 November 1925, Page 5

WEDNESDAY'S POLLS

\V 11 lull 1C AM) HOW TO VOTE. J For tiu,- lin-t Unit' in ihc history of New Zealand ut* art; io have a poll lor tiu- vioctiou »i immbri- ,1 parliament >\rh ,ui dev tor. d i oil. ■ n winch every rn..u .uid woman ol Ax :i_y ol twentyone \ cmrs or ovci. p's-scssing ut hex ' lJn ple bin requisite qua.lim'.atiO!is, ims lau! n . nmpui-onh iveusU'r. in other iti>])cci* iin.’ pdl will !)c conducted idling ianiiuar hm-. w ith some now te.ituios lending to snuphtv (ho voting, particularly m tho case oi doctors ai> -'.‘lu Jiom iLcii own oioetcraioh’. In such ta-t's it ~v ii- I now ,r-.s;iiy u> iiavo ali-oni-v.ue-r'.- perm;:. Ab-om voters ina\ \o; ( at an \ hikiji outside t.hoir ow n electorates. A; T anranga. howvcr. -po i.d pi-vi-ru j<,r ab>out voters been made at. the (.Mroiia t ion Hail, and [itr.'ons who desire to vote n>r tandidap* ii. ‘•llior < li'i torate-'- will taedilau' tie- work on « hot ion day aid ..in- '> l ‘i. tciM an'iiiM'hi-t < oti-iderahiv by ■'t)( inn at, : hat. h< mi h. A jt.-im \\. itii inn ing is that, w men who have changed their names in inari'>ing al'ie.i- enrolment. may vote under their i pan Jon names. Although registration ha- been made ompul-o! y, the Lcgislannv has noj vet -o-cn it- way r. malm voting compulsory A- .’Sir I' imiios Hell remarked, wiieir ihe amending am i-lat nn was going hroiigii tin 1 Ted-la! ;\c ( ouncd last i• 1 1>- it wa- noj practicable to make voting emnpnls wy. “You oin take aiurse to tlio 11 oimh. lon vou can't make him viie.’ As m the past, each voter will he handed two ballot papers, one or the Parliamentary election, and the nher tor the liquor poll. For this electorate there are, ot course, .Tlf© two andidates. Mcssr- C'oulKr and Macmillan. The voter strike- <ui ihc name oi vlic candidate lie doesn't want On the liquor voting paper. three issues ire stated ; I vote tor National Continuance. I vole for Stale Purchase ft Control, ! vote for National Prohibition. ’.l'lie voter leaves unerased (lie pro)osnl iio is in favour of. In Taurnnga the polling-booths will x 1 at the following places; — Cor..nation Hal 1 (the principal booth for the electorate.; Band Room. Cameron Bead. f Show Shed, eorner <i! Cameion Rond and Roberts Street. Tn the outlying districts the booths will lie at; — Bethlehem (Tanranga ). Piiemn Native School. Child. Reels (.Te Puke). Muir’s Buildi n S- < '- (Jreert.nu '(Rite -.Pa)., t’no Public School. Kaimat tire Public School, Tower Kaimai. Katikati. the Central Public Sofool. Makeiu. the Public .School. .M anga wha i f Omokoroa). Ann strong. AThitworih’s Shed. Manugafapu (Taunuigal, the Native School, “Mount Maunganui, The Arcadia Hall. Oh.au iti (Tauranga), trip Public School. Oman aw a- Falls, the Public School. Omokoroa.. the Public. School*;* Oropi. the Public School. Otumoetai (Tauranga), the- public School. Pacngaroa. the Pub]ic School. Papamoa, the Railway-station Building. Rangiuru Road (Tc Puke), the Native School. Tauriko, the* Public School. Tc Kopua (Papamoa), Broad’s Flaxmill. Te Puke, the Public School. Te Matai Road. Te Puke, No. 2 School, No 2 Road. Te Rlike, Mr Danvers Auction room.Te Puna, the Public School. Upper Papamoa, the Public School. Waitekohc (Aonga.tcte) No 3 Public School, Katikati. Whakamarama, the Public School. The booths throughout the electorate will open at 9 a.m. and close nt fy p.m. Air oifiord, the Returning Officer, Ims made very t npkt in n g rnent~ for obtaining til ie ults f rich, hrooth promptly, a.nd very shortly after six o’clock tl v w II stur i me in. These returns nld tl r suits of the elections in ethei pit i the Dominion, will h s uxm.l on the ver andah over Air P. I*. Carters shop in the Triangle, The Legislatme Vu. j v 1 tin every day on wl i ii in\ cl 1 1 n til e place shall He and H Pen 1 t< lei public holiday alter rmd-dav. It, is not. however, necessary to clos f ti es during working 1 our cm y dlmg lay hut employers rn U3i, ullun reasonable opportunity to vote. Strange to relate, many people try to get into touch with the Returning Officer on election night by telephone. It is rather a. waste of time. That officer has his hands full, and his telephone is far ton bmdly engaged to answer o vest ions oven if inquirers succeed in getting a connection through.