APATHY OF PUBLIC
DUNEDIN WATER LOAN PROPOSAL. (Per United Press Association.) Dunedin, February 4. The apathy shown by a large number of ratepayers towards matters closely affecting their interests and well-being is frequently a subject for criticism by local authorities and the latest example of mass disinterestedness is shown by the poll conducted to-day to decide the question of the proposed £40,000 loan to provide an extra supply main from the Sullivan dam to the Beta street reservoir. Out of the 20,590 ratepayers eligible to vote, the total votes cast amounted to 1583, or approximately 7.7 per cent, of the total voting strength of the city. Of these votes, 889 were cast for and 683 against the loan, whilst 11 informal votes were recorded. The loan was thus carried by a majority of 206 votes.
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Southland Times, Issue 21000, 5 February 1930, Page 6
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135APATHY OF PUBLIC Southland Times, Issue 21000, 5 February 1930, Page 6
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