AUSTRALIAN REFERENDUM.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 7 November 1916, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN REFERENDUM.

THE “SPECTATOR’S” OPINION, j LONDON, Nov 4. ' The “Spectator,” in an article, says: We are overwhelmed by pride, gratitude, and wonder at the enormous self-compulsion vote in Australia. We think the huge vote in favour of compulsion the better way of devotion and one of the most wonderful and glorious things in human history. Conscription may be defeated, but the spirit of Australia is justified, it enable Those who Voted against conscription to come as volunteers. We salute Australia in admiration. They had a very fine excuse for sulking because of what they might call the -bloody fiasco of Gallipoli.” They did not dream of making the slightest suggestion of this kind. They did not demand, they even deprecated an inquiry. This was the act .of true gentlemen. They wanted, like the rest or the Dominions, to help, not to criticise. THE LATEST RETURNS. SYDNEY, Nov 4. The' latest returns have reduced the “No” majority to 73,149. There are still 200,000 votes to count. The final returns are not likely to come in before the 7th inst.