THE LIQUOR POLL
It is unfortunate that tho result of yesterday's poll on the liquor question still remains in doubt. On the votes polled in New Zealand there is a majority of over 12,000 in favour of prohibition, but with the prospect of 110,000 soldiers' votes and many absent electors' votes yet to come it would be premature to assume that tho end of the liquor trade in New Zealand has been decided on. Supporters of the trade are hopeful that the toldiere' vote
will turn the scale in their favour, and it is certain that there will be a very close scrutiny by both parties. The anti-liquor forces bettered [their position ns compared with the voto in 1914 practically all over the Dominion. In 1914 they were in a minority of some 10,200 votes on a total poll of 504,059. On the present occasion they have so far secured a majority of over 12,000 votes on a smaller poll. We have not yet had time to analyse the voting at all closely, but Wellington continues to bo the stronghold of the liquor trade, though tho majority secured for continuance in 1914 has been reduced on the present occasion. Dunedin and Christchurch, on the other hand, have gone over to prohibition, the former city by a substantial majority.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 169, 11 April 1919, Page 6
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218THE LIQUOR POLL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 169, 11 April 1919, Page 6
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