FATE OF GISBORNE TRAMS.
THE SECOND POLL UPSET. ADOPTION OF WRONG METHOD. [BX TELEGRAM. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] GISBORNE, Friday. On the ground that the poll should have been taken of the electors as a whole, and not of the ratepayers only, the second poll, which resulted in a proposal to discontinue the Gisborne tramways being carried, was upset by Mr. E. C. Levvy, S.M., this morning. The first poll of ratepayers was upset on a technical point, and the second, taken last year, resulted in favour of discontinuance of the trams. A second appeal was then lodged and the decision on this was adjourned several months ago, pending a decision in a case which was believed to have been referred to the Court of Appeal, but which, it has now transpired, is not going forward. The ruling of Mr. Justice Herdman, therefore, stood, stated the magistrate, that the poll should have been taken of the general body of electors. In this case, therefore, he must find that the poll, being taken of the ratepayers only, was invalid. The magistrate allowed £6 6s costs to the petitioners.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 10
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185FATE OF GISBORNE TRAMS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 10
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