“ Voters and officials only ” is the inflexible rule in every polling booth, but a kind-hearted Legislature has not yet found it necessary to exclude babies in arms (says the Auckland Star), and on election day a number of these “ unauthorised persons ” were carried into the booths by their mothers. It so happened that three lusty infants were in one polling place at the same time. Baby Joan appeared to object to the decorous atmosphere of the chamber, and raised her voice in lamentation, her howls being seconded by Baby Georgie and enthusiastically supported by Baby Betty. The trio did its best, or worst, for some minutes, and serious-minded citizens in•tent on recording their votes might well have been forgiven for filling in an informal paper. The best of good humour prevailed, however, kindly persons “ holding the baby ” while mama recorded her vote. Even the deputy returning officer smiled indulgence on the tiny hecklers, and their breach of the law was readily forgiven.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3898, 27 November 1928, Page 37
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