SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING.
PREMIER AMD THE PRESS. [United Pkkbs Ahsooiatton.] (Ueceived '■'. !•"> jj.l*l.) Sydney, . I mtc 11. Tito Premier ( M v Holman) commented on the m\ (/'.luck vote: "ft will not cause tin- Kaiser to shrivel up and die. Wo are not going to win the war by putting water into our mouths alter a. certain houi'." •jji,, "Daily Telegraph" replies:— "Certainly not, and with equal truth iuul no less point it might he said that ul! the late guzzling in the Sydney hotels did no; cause the Kaiser's shadow to grow less, and there is nothing to show how the unrestricted consumption of nohhlers is to aid victory." Sydney, dune Li. [lain continues, interfering with telegraphic communication. Rei urn-; are still dribbling in. and a large absentee vote Ts still 10 count, but this is unlikely to materially alter the reJsult. Although six o'clock closing has recorded PiD.o.W votes over all other hours, the absolute majority as provide.! for in the Act is only (51,7(57.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 59, 14 June 1916, Page 8
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165SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 59, 14 June 1916, Page 8
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