LOAN POLLS AT TIMARU.
ONLY SLIGHT INTEREST TAKEN
TIMARU, July 28.
Polls of the ratepayers taken to-day on three loan proposals resulted as under: —
Waterworks improvement, £10,000: For, 733; against, 384. Additional motor-'bus, £3,000: For. 681; against, 443. Electric reticulation and improvement; £50,000: For, 586; agst. 525.
A plebiscite was also taken to test the opinion of the people on the question of the borough joining with the Canterbury Electric Power Board and resulted: For, 535; against, 586. It has no real value, as a motion must be made by petition. Only one-fourth of the ratepayers voted. P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6144, 30 July 1921, Page 6
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98LOAN POLLS AT TIMARU. Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6144, 30 July 1921, Page 6
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