THE LIQUOR POLL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 176, 21 April 1919, Page 6

THE LIQUOR POLL

. LATEST RETURNS INCREASED CONTINUANCE MAJORITY The count of votes oast at the licensing poll has increased the continuance mn- ; jorlty from 1801 to approximately 2392. The ohange is due ohiefly to the voting on ithe transport Kaikoura, which reached Wellington on Friday.. The number of votes cast aboard the Kaikoura was 1008, and tho majority for continuance was m. ■ . ..The..present.position of the two issues is as \ CiWlian Totes. Continuance 227.778 Prohibition 240.646 Majority for prohibition 12,868 Soldiers' Votes. , . ..Continuance 19.960 .; . Prohibition .........; 4,700 , Majority for continuance 15,260 Total Votes. Continuance 247.738 Prohibition 245.346 '""' '.Majority for continuance 2,392 Voting on the TTalfcnnra. The votes recorded by'returning soldiers on the transport Kaikoura were distributed- as follow:— Continuance ».. M 4 Prohibition 160 Informal 4 Majority for continunnce..., 684 The Official Counts.. The results of official counts are announced as. follow :— LYTTELTON. : Continuance '. . wn7 . prohibition 3180 Prohibition majority 83 CHAMFERS. Continuance 2053 „■ Prohibition 3792 Prohibition majority 1739 The' count of votes cast by soldiers in New Zealand will be undertaken in Wel- , Ungfcon this week The result of this count is being a,wait»d "by both parties with much interest. The soldiers abroad have supported continuance by an overwhelming majority. ' The votes cast by . undischarged soldiers' in the Dominion will shbw whether or not 'the men who voted abroad were guided bv conditions that did'not exist within New Zealand. The men in the Dominion had a better opportunity than their comrades overseas and on'the seas to hear all about the poll, and listen to the-arguments . otf both sides.