WELLINGTON'S ELECTRIC LIGHT.
_—« By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 25. A poll of the ratepayers of Wellington was taken to-day on a proposal of the City Council to expend £160,000 in purchasing the plant and business of the Electric Lighting Syndicate, the Council's intention being to conduct the business of suppliers of private lighting as a municipal enterprise. Only 651 ratepayers of 8,743 on the roll recorded their votes. The voting was: —For the proposal, 413; against, 238; majority for, 175.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8342, 26 January 1907, Page 5
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80WELLINGTON'S ELECTRIC LIGHT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8342, 26 January 1907, Page 5
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