CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION
VOTING IN FIRST HOUR HEAVY POLL NOT EXPECTED (By Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday About 1600 electors voted in the first hour after the booths opened in “the Christchurch South by-election today. On these figures it is expected that the poll will not be as heavy as in the general elec lion, when 13,775 \otes were cast. After a frosty morning the weather was improving when the booths opened. At noon it was warm and* sunny, and elderly people who hail not braved the earlier snap in the air were beginning lo arrive at the booths in fairly large numbers. The poll will close at 7 p.m. and the Returning Olllcer expects his lirst return by four minutes past the hour. In the general election he announced his final result at 7.20 p.m., this being the record time for New Zealand. His aim this evening is to equal that.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20821, 3 June 1939, Page 8
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150CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20821, 3 June 1939, Page 8
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