MASTERTON.
Reported Attempt to Upset
the Roil.
Masterton, November 21
The returning officer (Mr W. Gillespie) completed to-day the official count of the recent local option poll, and the result is that No-License has been carried by 34 voles. There were 5423 valid votes, cast as follows :—Continuance, 2111 ; Reduction, 2522; NoLicense, 3287. The count and scrutiny of rolls were expected to last until Monday, but the returning officer, with his staff and scrutineers, worked at high pressure to-day to complete the task before. Sunday. There are rumours of a petition being lodged by the publicans’ party to upset the poll.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 442, 24 November 1908, Page 2
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101MASTERTON. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 442, 24 November 1908, Page 2
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