THE PLEBISCITE.
Below we give the result of the polling at the plebiscite on Monday with regard to the Gas Question. The three questions asked the ratepayers were as follows :— ■ I.—Are you in favour of building gas works ? 2.—Are you in favour of purchasing the present works (if obtainable) for the sum of 1/22,000 ? 3.—Are you in favour of accepting a fresh contract for lighting the city lamps at a reduced rate '? • The following shows the state of the poll: — ...... . Question 1. Q:estioa2. Question 3. Yes 154 44 ...... 162 No 92 196 86 Majority for ... 62 , — 76 ~ against — 152 — Declined to reply 90 103 94 Informal Votes 37 ..... 28 34 The result, therefore, may be said to be that the third proposition—to accept a fresh contract at a reduced rate— has been affirmed by a majority of 8 over that proposing the erec-
.• " new works, while the pur!w™ * F th® present works has fegaW* ty a majority of 152 votes. We understand that f T*f l^Z berof those who voted m favour of the r. ■ ... working men, wiio first proposition were . cm = lo y rae nt to did so with a view to tv o f n g W wor ks be obtained in the buildin^ ' ■___
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 2589, 25 May 1870, Page 2
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THE PLEBISCITE.
Otago Daily Times, Issue 2589, 25 May 1870, Page 2
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