THE FERRO-CONCRETE BOOTH.
— W TH® EDITOR. Sir, —Now that the excitement has subsided, will you allow me tc say a word for the polling staff at the Concrete Buildings? Thej were threequarters of an hour late with their returns, according tc official time. Their cardinal fault was that, after fasting since halfpast eight in the morning, they sat down to a hot dinner at 7 o’clock, when the booth closed, and discussed it at their leisure for about half-an-hour. Perhaps they should have acted as the others did—Not have taken food, but a smoking dinner in front of a hungry man is a big temptation. For the* rest the poll proved to be a loose one, with big margins, but if the voting happened to be so close as to be a question of one or two votes, Mr. Ireland’s count would bear the closest scrutiny.—l am. etc., FAIRPLAY.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 115, 29 April 1911, Page 5
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