WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY
VOTES IN VARIOUS CENTRES.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Stratford, April 27.
The fluilf-holiday question was very hotly contested here, the poll being heavy, and resulting in Tlnwaday being chosen by 765 votes to 60S. The Borough Council had fixed Saturday on the Mayor’s casting, vote and the poll was demanded on a petition. Blenheim, April 27.
For the Saturday half-holiday 1085 votes were cast, and for Wednesday /18. By Telegraph—Press Association. New Plymouth, April 27. The half-holiday poll resulted in Saturday being carried by 1895 to 518. Thursday is the half-holiday at present. Oamaru, April 27. The Saturday half-holiday was carried, the voting being:—Saturday, 820; Thursday, 438. /For Monday there was on® vote, and for Tuesday one.
Py Telegraph—Special Correspondent. . Palmerston North, April 27. More than usual interest was taken, in the elections to-day, and heapy polling resulted in nearly 4000 votes being This was caused to a great extent by the controversy over ’ the weekly halfholiday, the electors deciding to return to Wednesday by a vote of about 2 to L. Masterton, April 27.
Voting on the half-holiday question, resulted as follows -.—Saturday, 1565; Thursday, 1170; majority for Saturday, 595. Carterton carried the Saturday halfholiday by 90 votes.*
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 182, 28 April 1921, Page 4
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