REFERENDUM POLL
UPPER HOUSE REFORM VALIDITY CHALLENGED TALK OF AN INJUNCTION (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) SYDNEY, May b. The “ Yes” majority In the refer endum poll has been increased to 23,774. The figures now stand: ‘ ‘ Yes, ’ ’ 656,604; “ No, ’ ’ 632,830. The Labour Daily says that, acting on bubalf of interested parties, whose names so fur are not disclosed, Mi. J. Thum, solicitor, will appear in thEquity Court, probably on Thursday, to seek an injunction to restrain Cabinet from laying the Upper House Reform Bill before the State Gover nor ioi the purpose of obtaining Royal assent. The chief grounds of Y lenge to the validity or the Bill are that the referendum was not con ducted according to law and the Bill not submitted to the electors before the poll. MAJORITY CREEPING UP Received Mav 17, 9.39 p.m. SYDNEY, May 17. The affirmative majority for the Legislative Council referendum, is now over 30,000 and is still creeping up.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 115, 18 May 1933, Page 7
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157REFERENDUM POLL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 115, 18 May 1933, Page 7
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