TERRITORIAL VOTES.
” Timaru, April 27. The returning-officer has appointee? a (Killing plage for. the borough elections at Kowhai camp for the benefit of Territorials away from here, on Wednesday. The borough solicitor lias advised him that while the English statute requires the polling, places,to be-, within the district, the New Zealand Act does not say so, and clause B of section 7 provides that no election shall be rpn-'stinned by reason] that a polling .place was, appointed . outside the district, if spcji polling place has been actually appointed. They agree with “Joliffe on, Local Government” that section 7 contemplated and permits the appointment of a polling place outside the district. If anyone cares to ouestiofi the validity of the votes so taken, it can bo decided afterwards. The booth at the camp is of importance, as the Mayoral election is unusually hard fought.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6, 28 April 1914, Page 7
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143TERRITORIAL VOTES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6, 28 April 1914, Page 7
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