NO-LICENSE IN OHINEMURI.
■HEARING,OK PETITION.
' (Br iBijEQEiPH-ip.EBSS .'ASifOCUTION.) ■:>'' ' ■ ' i- i; : ;-wfP , 'fifi!r , ' l it\iti'>'iJS a,w .i January' 30.: ' _ In.thev.heanng .of .-tjje , licensing 'p^titroni-'eyidence^'fof!:respondents was contmnedlr .j:r' : :".,'v,.^-i»:;V;. ~-..''.. '. : .-; ■■•■';. Mr;, Nathan- returning; officer, denied that, there/was any .confusion:'ill\the booth while he vfas. tberej'; buj; , admitted: that a number of pepnle were excited. 'Secrecy of.the ballot was..absolutelir., bbseryed' as .far as he knew. ■He ;saw ■npjjhing^.wjjjcb,.;'.tended, to influence .voters.' There .^a.s.iabsoliite , secrecy at the official count. It first poll he had con-ducted;-in Waihi, : 'andr f jjduld be.the last.'.'. ■ .- James, Nicholspn,. i .chief-deputy, gave evidenoo to show that there was no confusion atthe central booth.) He noticed no cases where secrecy' of. the'.iballpt was violated. The crowd was quiet and orderly. ' ■.'■;. : Nettlingham,, scrutineer. (No-License), 6aid he saw nothing improper in. the booth; and everybody} had .an-.'pppprtunity of getting .a ballot-paper. . : He, saw ;iip cases where, ypters attempted; tp show, each .other how to vote.
, Raeburn, . iicehsihgc deputy,:'. corroborated the testimony vof.theiiprevious. witness.■ _Dean,',;lioensing deputy, said the conduct of ■votersyat the booth-.throughout the day. was' orderly; _,In-his i,opinion secrecy was. maintained, right-.'through., ■xi'Re saw no attempts to influence., voters.:.; .'.': ■ ■ ■.-.; . .
;■ * E. Smith,-, poll, clerk,'- endorsed .the previous witnesses' statement as to orderliness and maintenance of secrecy. No.complaints had been made to him about the conduct of the •poll.; j," # ,"-?":, >> "V- :■■'■■ ' ■-■' ■ ■ .■■■ n.The"taking' of .evidence.for respondents in connection with ihe'inquiry concerning the petition .to upset'the 'result of the Ohinemuri licensing poll was cphtiriued all- day. About -fiftee'nV,witnesses '•'■ were; examined: The"evidence _tendered.; went; to; show that there was no the booth and that sethe' ballot had' been .'observed throughout;the ; poll.'- "The Court will resume on Mdnday'-morriing:''
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 420, 1 February 1909, Page 8
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267NO-LICENSE IN OHINEMURI. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 420, 1 February 1909, Page 8
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