HALF HOLIDAY POLL
Wednesday Vote WAIPUKURAU MOVE TO UPSET IT (Per Press Ass..ciation.) WAIPUKURAU, May 24. A petition has- been lodged' at the Magistrate’s Court to have declared void the reeent poll fixing the statutory closing day for Waipukurau, when Wednesday as the weekly halfholiday was j-eaflinned by 462 votes to 455, with 19 informal votes. The petition will be the subjeefi of a Magisterial inquiry, opening o n June Ist, and adjourning till June 6th. Various irregularities are alleged against the Returning Officer as to the counting of the voltes, and regarding the formality of votes, while company votes, also votes by proxy, are in question, :)nd likewise the qualification of certain electors. It is contended, also, that the full rights of scrutineers were disallowed.
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Grey River Argus, 25 May 1935, Page 2
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126HALF HOLIDAY POLL Grey River Argus, 25 May 1935, Page 2
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