FIFTH OF A VOTE.
- - <m —» . •'.:•'■••.' > NARROW LOAN POLL MARGIN. [BY TELEQBAFH.t-OWN coobesfondent.] " ■ MORRINSVILLE. ' Saturday. For a loan proposal to foe carried by a fifth of a vote is surely a record for New Zealand. The proposal *to raise £13,150 for installing roads in Kiwitahi Riding was carried by the barest of majorities— of a vote. The voting resulted:—For the proposal, 23; against the proposal, 15. A three-fifths majority of the votes polled is necessary to carry a loan such as this. In this case 38 votes were recorded, three-fifths of this number being 22 4-sths. As the number of votes cast for the proposal totals 23, the loan will, " therefore, be duly carried. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18578, 10 December 1923, Page 10
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113FIFTH OF A VOTE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18578, 10 December 1923, Page 10
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