HINEMURI LICENSING POLL.
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1 '■ I'HE INQUIRY OPENED. j V - (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
hi v : i . Walhl, January 26. ; Hearing ;ofi evidence/ in, connection with tho Ohinemuri-licensing petition was continued to-day; ivas again.crowded, j'and •& •ii;m.:>to' 6 p.m. Jlibngtby,' d in c'orithat - tho vCnurt ■ also' sit/.at iiiglife - So far only, thr.ee The points . ; ttr^' : ta-^sg^^- ; ar.o: chiefly the conduct of the poll at Waihii,(the -principal booth) j ;at;:\vhich nearly hilf vof '".th6 > of.' the .' -district •v^ted.^-\^7'%M' :^Jiat<Mivin ; *ovidenco-ihat substantial' requirements •'of- the law in' regard ;to conduct of the ballot wore totally ignored, the bqoths being jumbled into • one, and ,;-tlie; deputies -examined have . shown that a prbper. y rccprd jO ( f voting papers, re- •' coived h as: not been k<sp't. - Deputy. Hunt described'the Hooth'as' iv. perfect pandemonium, aijd show;cd r 'thatV'it; I 'was continuously." overcrowded, beirig totally .inadequate- to .meet the - rush.-: Messrs. Sliorrett'iChdiCptter.'foi' the petitioners,'.have' ahbut sixty t6.'call,- whilst::"Messrs. Adams and Mitlcf, : for respondents, •■-'■ have about 35. w ■; ..i'.:.:' ','^v t-■; ~ •■ .. ... " '■?
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 416, 27 January 1909, Page 4
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162HINEMURI LICENSING POLL. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 416, 27 January 1909, Page 4
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