The Registrar-General publishes returns ! in connection with the general election, showI ing that there were 415,789 .persons on the I rolls out of a total adult population of 429,385, or 96.83 per cent.—a slight increase as compared with the previous election. The number of voters was ! 318,859, i or 76.69 per .cent;'; i of tliose on the rolls. i«? The men on the rolls numbered'229,B4s, or 375 short of the full number -of -; adult males ; in: the ■■ colony. 5. Of this number 180,294 voted, or 78PH- per cent. The percentage of women on the rolls who voted h was \ slightly smaller than | at | the | previous election, and was 74.52 per cent. ! The total number of women who : voted was 138,565. : '" ' "■■■. Important to. cyclists: Rudge-Whitworth cycles. are • constructed throughout on v.the. principle . of; absolute '' interchangeability. Thus, in. case of accident, any part can'be obtained land relied upon' to fit into its place without' lifficulty or alteration of any kind.— E. Reyi and Co., sole agents, Victoria; street.. J I ' . ', "f v.\\ ■ , , > " ■ ; A 1 mm .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12211, 5 March 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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173Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12211, 5 March 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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