THE LIQUOR POLL.

Taihape Daily Times, 29 April 1919, Page 5

THE LIQUOR POLL.

VOTING ON THE BHAMO

WELLINGTON, April 28 The voting of the soldiers on the Bhamo resulted: * Continuance 638 Prohibition 131 Informal 2 THE SOLDIERS' VOTE. WELLINGTON, April 25. The return of votes cast by undischarged soldiers in. New Zealand rs regarded with satisfaction by officers of the New Zealand Alliance. They point out that while- the men aboard and on transports have voted Continuance by a majority of over four to one, the men who have been.a short time back in the Dominion have given Continuance a majority, of less than three to one. "If we had got the men back here three months before the poll Prohibition would have been carried" said a prominent Prohibitionist tonight.

The number of votes cas t by discharged soldiers is smaller than was expected, and it is probbate that some of the men chose to vote in their civilian capacities. There were about 10,000 men qualified to vote as soldiers in the Dominion.

A LEVIN FATALITY. MAORI CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER. LEVIN, April 28. An inquest was held to-day into the death of Richard Frechtljng, who was killed while riding a bicycle in Main Street on Easter Monday night jby collision with a car. Evidence was given that deceased was on his right side? The car came behind him and dragged him 24 feet. The car driver did not slacken pace or pull up after the collision.

The coroner found that deceased met his death by being run down by a car and from the polico evidence the driver of the car appeared ta be Hohcpa Wiremu. The latter was subsequently arrested charged with manslaughter and remanded till May Ist,

WAR BRIDES.

Many of those who are making New

Zealand their future home (writes the Auckland Herald in reference to the war brides by the lonic) have known in full measure the horror of war. and have lived not only through days of suspense and privation in England,! but through (he horrors of German invasion and Bolshevik tryanny. Among those who spoke of their experiences were a young Russian lady, whose home in Petrograd had been destroyed by the Bolsheviks; another. French girl, from a village twice captured by the Germans and twice wrested from them by British troops; and yet another from Poland, whose village had been caught in the tide of German invasion. Among the British girls were some who had worked iu the great arsenals, others in the hospitals and yet others who had taken up office work. . And to each of them, in the midst of war, and dea'th, and sorrow, and labour, had come romance, the opening up of new horizons in a brighter, happier land, and a chance of forgetfulncss of all the | dark and tragic experiences of the ; war year's. ;