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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 190, 20 August 1935, Page 4

A Novel Poll. Two families in the Heathcote County had a poll all to themselves on Thursday. They desired to have | their homes connected to the Christchurch Drainage Board’s sewerage system, but as they were outside the sewerage area this could not be done until the requirements of the Christchurch Drainage Board Amendment Act, of 1920, were complied with by taking a poll on a proposal that the properties be included in the area. All the paraphernalia necessary for a ! poll had to be provided and a secret / ballot was held at which five elec- [ tors —all members of the two fami- ' lies—voted for the proposal. As no I votes were cast against the proposal it was declared to be carried, and the properties can now legally be connected with the sewer. It is recalled that about five years ago a similar case occurred in the Heathcote Country- and the elaborate machinery of a poll had to be provided for one person to vote. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For Influenza Colds