LICENSING POLL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 74, 20 December 1919, Page 8

LICENSING POLL

CONTINUANCE STILL LEADING ! MAJORITY 1640 The final figures for New Zealand for the licensing poll, exclusive of absent voters, show that prohibition is 1301\ votes short of an absolute majority of the votes polled. Yesterday itfterncon news came to hand that tho voting of the soldiers in England had resulted as follows:— Continuance 142 State Control 230 Prohibition 33 - These figures are not official, but there is every reason to believe that they are correct. This briups the majority against prohibition up to IG4O. ■ Tho official New Zealand'figures are:— Continuance 231,258 State Control 30,477 Prohibition 2G0.4M Majority against Prohibi- * tion 1,301 Following are the official final figures for tho four electorates for which these could not lie given yesterday morning:— Confimi- State ProhiaJieo. Control. ■ bition. Tfuninui 28(5 308 2350 Ka'/apoi '. 2953 253 3103 Ilrnce .1 2522 283 2807 Wnitomata /. 311 i «I 3 41GI A mistake in regard to tho Waiknto figures was mentioned yesterday, and it was found that tho mistake had. actually been made, by wliich the prohibition total was made to appear one thousand lew than it actually was. Tho amended figures are:— ' ; Continu- State Prohiancp. Control, bition, Waikato 316 4216