LOAN PROPOSAL
CARRIED BY SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY RATEPAYERS ENDORSE BOARD’S SCHEME The Waimea Power Board’s loan proposal of £70,000 for which the poll was held yesterday was carried by a substantial majority of 502 votes out of 848 recorded, the result being: For 675; Against 173. The detailed results at the polling booths were as follows: — For Against Appleby 14 2 Brightwater 26 34 Foxhill 27 7 Nelson 77 10 Ranzau 7 9 Redwood’s Valley 29 6 Richmond 174 60 Spring Grove .... 7 7 Stoke 53 3 Tahuna 157 16 Wai-iti 9 2 Waimea West .... 28 2 Wakapuaka 22 1 Wakefield 45 14 Totals 675 173 The total number of voters in the area was 1800.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 December 1936, Page 6
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115LOAN PROPOSAL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 December 1936, Page 6
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