ELECTION DAY
PROVISIONS FOR HALF-HOLIDAY. The Electoral Act provides that election day shall be deemed to be a public holiday after mid-day. As the election this year will be on a Saturday, cities and towns which normally have their half-day on that day will not be affected, but those which hold it on some other day in the week will be required to observe a half-day on the Saturday. The Act also provides that it shall not be lawful to sell intoxicating liquor in licensed premises between the hours of 12 noon and 7 p.m. on polling day. _ There will be less interruption of business on this occasion than usual, for the Electoral Act provides that, where the polling day is other than that appointed as the weekly half-hol-iday under the Shops and Offices Act, the provisions of that Act relating to the weekly half-holiday shall be deemed to refer to polling day. The Electoral Act does not require factories to close during working hours on polling day, but that they shall afford each employee a reasonable opportunity of recording his vote. As the election takes place on Saturday, there will thus be little interference with industry on this occasion.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 September 1938, Page 6
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200ELECTION DAY Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 September 1938, Page 6
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