Popularity Campaign

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1039, 1 August 1930, Page 14

Popularity Campaign

Polls Close Tomorrow at 4 p.m.

AWARDS TO BE MADE SATURDAY NIGHT

Ail Ballots to be Counted Must be Placed in the Box by Tomorrow Afternoon

BELL TO RING PROMPTLY AT 4 P.M.

This is the last warning before the close of The Sun’s great campaign. Promptly at 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon the polls will close in the campaign office in The Sun building, and the campaign will be no more. Then only remains the final checking of all ballots which have been cast from the start to the finish of the race. The campaign has been fairly fought by - scores of people all over Auckland ana The Sun is glad to award the magnit cent prizes to the lucky contestants. Thousands of new subscriptions have been added to the already lonelist of The Sun’s readers and it is with much pleasure that The Sun empha sises the fact that it is today one of the most widely read newspapers in Auckland. CAMPAIGN OFFICE OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY The campaign office will remain open all day tomorrow until the hour of 4 p.m. Promptly at that hour tbr polls will be declared closed. All contestants who are in the campaign office will be waited on and the votes deposited in the ballot box. As soon as all have voted, the slot in the ton of the ballot box will be sealed and it will be turned over to the judges. The judges are requested to assemble at the Civic Theatre promptly at 6.30 tomorrow evening. A_ special enclosure has beeu arranged for them. The judges are asked to present their credentials and will bo admitted to the judges’ enclosure. Today and tomorrow are the final days for the public of New Zealand to help

the contestants. People who have promised subscriptions to contestants should send their subscription money direct to the campaign office, stating the contestant to whom the votes are to be issued. Only such subscription money as is turned iu by 4 p.m. tomorrow \* ill count toward the prizes. As a final warning, all voting ballots that have been issued during the campaign and which are now being held iu secret by the contestant, mus* be brought to the campaign ofhee and deposited in the ballot box before *1 p.m. tomorrow, or they CANNOT be counted. This is absolutely final. All ballots which have been published in the paper and. all ballots which have been retained by the campaign department have nqw been deposited in the ballot box. The judges will only couut such ballots as are in the ballot box and the prizes will be awarded on that count. No mistakes can be rectified after 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Do your best to make the last few minutes count and go over the top victorious. PARADE THIS MORNING

A final parade of The Sun prize cars took place this morning at 11.30 o’clock, starting from The Sun Building in Wyndham Street. The cars attracted much attention as they passed down Queen Street and many were heard speculating as to who the lucky winners would be. Many were regretting the fact that they’ had not entered the campaign and had a try at winning one of the beautiful prize cars.