NATIONAL PROHIBITION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1082, 14 December 1911, Page 2

NATIONAL PROHIBITION.

MAJORITY IN FAVOUR, 53.296

The whole of the returns on the National Prohibition poll have now been sent in, and the totals for the Dominion have been compiled by the Chief Electoral Officer. The figures are still subject to revision, but it is unlikely that the totals staled below- will be affected in any important degree. Following are the Dominion totals - Against National Prohibit’n 202,623 For National Prohibition 255,919 The majority in favour of National Prohibition was 53,296, equal to 55. dr per cent, of the votes cast- The three-fifths majority required to carry the proposal was 275,125 1-5 voles. The actual majority is short of this number by 19,206 1-5 votes. The following table shows the voting for National Prohibition in the districts ot the Dominion where a three-fifths, or greater majority, was cast in favour of that issue :

The table printed below shows the percentage of votes cast last Thursday for the retention of NoIficense in the No-Ificense districts of the Dominion :

0) c (4-t rt "rt 13 c rT~! O ■ S.o--j-s t/) '*? tn (« D (U <U 0) y abrt 2 3 32 s O *-H 0 x-q w <12Ph >WH Marsden 2x42 3389 70 Eden 2052 4346 507 Grey Lynn 1970 4753 719 Raglan 1907 3253 157 Tauranga 2104 3171 6 Waikato 2465 3909 85 Eginont 1913 3552 273 Patea 2194 3dn 128 Oroua 2025 3074 15 119 > Wellington S. 2,39 4106 Buller 2232 3539 76 Chalmers 2328 3703 84

Per cent Eden 69.13 Grey Lynn ... 69-93 Ohinemuri ... 49-39 Masterton ... 49-15 Wellington South 56.46 Wellington Suburbs ... 56.61 Ashburton ... 46.16 Oamaru 53-14 Bruce 37-00 Clutha 56.90 Mataura 54-53 Invercargill 53-62