Chalmers Licensing Poll

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1369, 4 July 1905, Page 2

Chalmers Licensing Poll

Declared Illegal

By Telegraphs-Press Association. I Dunedin, tliiß day. The magistrate, Mr Graham, has decided that tho Chalmers licensing poll wa ß illegal owing to irregularities in the Gardens and other booths. Later . Mr Graham found that tho Gardons booth had boon oto?od at Wst four minutes before tho l me. In tho other cacsstlio irregularities woro not serious onough to aff-ct the eltclion. . But at this booth Iho" voters ■ wore prevented from voting; polling was carriod on illegally in tho absence ol a proporly-appointed doputy; too many voters woro allowed imtho. poojitig-booth | aton'otiuio; : tho number of tipartmenCs ivero insufficient; somp of tho voters novecgot a licencing papor; and two votes woro wiongfnlly disallowed.