FEW VOTED
CITY COUNCIL BY-ELECTION
DERELICTION OE PUBLIC DUTY
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WELLINGTON, November ll
“If any sectiou of the community is too absorbed in its own interests to take the trouble to vote, it has no right to expect any consideraiton from the party placed in power by those who do vote,” said Mr G. C. McCaul at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, when referring tp - the regent City Council Vy .electiop,. in which Labour ,ca ndidate wa s elected. ..Jjj Air: McCaul said outVof the seventy thousand, vbtefs.h'Uy', ..th/giity thonsp arid or 20). , per, cdnt;went to tli|j polls. He described this as a grave: dereliction of public duty, and added if the business people) wei*e too preoccupied in pursuing their owrt immediate selfish interest,' their classjwas doomed by . Natures’ relentless law. ; and would gradually he suffocated and elihtinated.” ‘ ■
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 November 1936, Page 6
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