THE HALF-HOLIDAY QUESTION.
: > . INQUISITION FAILS. Th© requisition prcpi-ed by the Trades and Labour Council to sooure a poll (m iho Satur. day half-holiday question has failed, A 9 lest than ton per cent. of tho electors signed it. It has beo« known for SOM6 days Hint the success of the requisition was impossible, but it was oillv yesterday that tho (iotvial' figures ; 'Wer# available. ,v ■ ■"• The mtinbei' ,ot doctors' \vm as follows:-*' Wellington City, 28,090; Miraniar, 12!)0j Karori, 859j Onslow, 960 j Johnsoiiville, 2401 total, 31,4G3; The number of signatures necessary to obtain t'fle. poll was therefore 8147, but only 29D5 persons signed tho petition, and it tllus falls short .by' 152' signatures, v.- .. Formal notification of the result of tho requisition will bo feeut to the promoters.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 4
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128THE HALF-HOLIDAY QUESTION. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 4
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