The sightrof a fltaii, in the;colours ' of one l Orie ' Tree 1 Mayoral' candidates,-ho Wing; a babythat, was excr cisingV its' lungs- to { the! ; its ability was -one- of the bumorous ?ia-; cidentscoiiueeted with > the. - elections- (saya-the AucWand^"Herald'?). ! The explanation waa this.>. An ehthusiajs-; tic cojjnnitteeman. galled on: a ' woman, voter and offered to run "her to : the polling booth at the CoUncil'u office. She made the excuse that she could not leave home because of her four months' old baby. But the committeeman- was ■not : to be so easily defeated. He volunteered to hold the infant \vbilo the woman exorcised her vote, and she could not then easily refuse. ' That . thd baby 1 yelled loudly every second of the time that its mother was voting did not worry tho committeeman one iota. He held fast to the baby; its mother voted, and the small crowd outside the bPoth thoroughly enjoyed the humour of the, situation. ■ "
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20234, 12 May 1931, Page 10
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156Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20234, 12 May 1931, Page 10
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