THE LICENSING POLL.
MAJORITY AGAINfC PROHIBITION 152' Following are th' latest figures available for tbe lieonshg r°R ; New Returns. oqi ion Continuance ►State Purchase 30,497 'Prohibition 260,434 Majority again Prohibition 1,186 Soldiers in England. Continuance State Purchase Prohibition • Majority against Prohibition .. 339 Soldiers on Talune (from Samoa). Continuanco *■ State Purchase * • } Prohibition • * Majority again Prohibition .... 4 Grand Totals. .. oqi on 7 State Purchase 30,i28 Prohibition 260 ’ 4(5<J V Majority against Prohibition 1,326 The votes recorded by means of seamen's permits and absent voters' permits have still to be counted. They will be included in the official counts, which will not be begun in the various districts until nil the papers have been received. About 1800 seamen's permits and about 16,000 absent voters ’ permits were issued, but some of these pormits may not have been used. The final count will also include the votes of 1371 soldiers now at sea on j their way to New Zealand. The trans- > ports, with the number of voters \ aboard and the date of arrival at Now ) Zealand ports tire as follow: —Ruahn; 38-1 men, December 25; Rimutaka, to2 : men, January 22; Kigoma, 311 j January 16; Ruapehu, 184 men, Ja»u- j ary 30. . |
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Otaki Mail, 22 December 1919, Page 3
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