ELECTRIC POWER LOAN CARRIED.
By 973 VOTES TO 26,
The poll on the question of raising a loan of £260,000 for the installation of electric power and lighting in the Horowhenua district took place on Tuesday and was carried by 973 votes to 26. The number of votes east was wtihin one of 1,000 or one-third of the total on the roll, which must he regarded as a very fair percentage, specially so when the chances of the proposal being carried were regarded so favourably. The opponents of the scheme numbered 26. The Levin borough registered the heaviest vote, 228 for and six against, whilst in the Levin booth was cast the votes of 170 ratepayers from different parts of the county. The Otaki borough also polled well, 117 for one against, but neither Shannon (76) or Fox ton ( 77) evinced much interest in the poll, as their figures indicate. On the other hand Paraparaumu for «. small centre did exceedingly well to have 77 votes polled for the proposal, with a solitary objector, and Paekakariki, Waikanae, Te Hoz-o and' Tokomaru have also done well. The results must give a good deal of satisfaction not only to the supporters of the scheme x throughout the Horowhenua Power Distriet, hut to Air G. A. ' Alonk (chairman), Air Overton (engineer) and members of the Power Board who have worked so well to achieve the results obtained. Following are the votes east at the various booths:
The following table shows the number of votes cast for and against the proposal, and the total number of ratepayers on the roll: * '
Booth For Against Shannon Borough 70 Marotdri 8 Fox ton Borough 77 Tokomaru 30 1 Levin Borough 228 0 Levin Central 105 5 Ohau 22 2 Manakau 39 1 Otaki Borough 117 1 Te Horo 34 1 Waibanae 39 5 Paraparaumu 77 1 Paekakariki 45 1 Wellington 10 2 Totals 973 20
linst. on roll s ic 6 < » Fox ton Borough 77 — 394 Levin Borough 228 0 569 Shannon Borough 76 — 205 Otaki Borough 117 1 242 / _ Ilorowhemia C’nty. 329 15 113(P^ Whareroa Riding Hutt County 138 4 411 Awahou Riding Manawatu County S — — 973 26 3125
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2468, 17 August 1922, Page 2
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362ELECTRIC POWER LOAN CARRIED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2468, 17 August 1922, Page 2
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