FRANKLIN LIGHTING SCHEME CARRIED BY OVERWHEMLING MAJORITY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12164, 16 February 1914, Page 7

FRANKLIN LIGHTING SCHEME CARRIED BY OVERWHEMLING MAJORITY.

Franklin, January 11. A noil <>!' rali'pjiyer.s within tho Franklin strc-a wa»s taken on Satnrdav ni H'lnou:] to dorido whether or litjr *th < 1 11 uo;i Municipal Council •,honld prootid t') l.uri'ou' :i sum o\ C-l-Vi!) i'or ih«' |inii.»<• <n ii.iii<r til-. 1 town of Franklin hy fkotrieity. Th > • •siiiiKiUd vf'Si ol >tK'h work is £33'Ji>. The ri'suli w:i> declared in the ov<?nin« hv iho wturning oliic« j r. Warden D. K. as l''liov.s: — "In favor ... ... ... H>t> f Against ... ... ... IS Informal ... ... 1 This iiiv«s :i n oxec-v-; of 4o over and above th'" 4 two-thirds majority neces* ! .-a rv to c<\ rry the scheme. I Tin- Wardon. in making the- anI nomjivnu-nt from tho Town Hal; stops, ' said lhai ilu* poll, ho bf'lif'Vei, \va? th»« | liouviost that lia<l over been taken in* ; Kr:i.-:klin. and it was particularly ! firai iiyii; ito him personally and to the ' ! I non Municipal Council. to know that i tin- project had earned I>y such :m i ovcj major.ty. He thank'.d ; ; il.r ij"'op! ; • o? Franklin for tin? i m\«» move i!i"y had made that, ({ay, j and eoiiiplinvnted the Franklin Pro- : Cii!---iv« k L"ai{u<* upon tlit.-ir rdi'orts n jiiio dirrL-i ion oi tin- imp-ortuiit step , whii'h it had now been finally decided ; to ioko.