THE LICENSING POLL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 282, 23 November 1908, Page 4

THE LICENSING POLL.

CONTINUANCE IN THE HUIX. Wellington, Last Night. The ilutt local option re-count was completed last nighty with the following result:—Continuance" 2471, reduction 2824, no-license 3302; valid votes 0034. No-license is short by 28 2-5 votes, OTAIvL REMAINS AS AT PRESENT. Wellington, Last Night. The Otaki local option re-count is as follows:—Continuance 1811, reduction 1311, no-license 1070; valid votes 3050. No proposal carried. REDUCTION IN WAITEMATA. 1 "" I ~* Auckland, Last Night, The re-count of votes in the Wailoniata electorate shows that reduction has been carried by four votes. CONTINUANCE IN LYI'TELTON. Christchureh, Last Night. The oflieial re-count for the Lvttelton electorate was completed on .Saturday morning by Mr. I'. Fcrrier. returning oilieer, the figures being: Continuance 3005, reduction 2773, no-license 3274. Tim total number of valid votes was 0424, so that no proposal was carried. TIIK NO-LICENSE FIGURES. • The No-License uia.joi'itv is one of the marvel- of the election, there being a gross total of 43,341 votes for No v Lieeuse over and above tluise cast lor Continuance. Tlie electorates where there is a minority for No-License number 14, wil.li a majority for Continuance of (1770. This leaves tlie net No-License majority for New Zealand of 3(i/tfl. Auckland carries majorities for No-License, in every electorate save one—tbe P.Dv of Islands. Tlie majority is shown ill detail as follows: AUCKLAND. Auckland 221S Marsden 58,5 Kaipara 251 Waitema la 'J2J (Irey Lyira 31)12 Eden 1800 Parnell • 050 Manukau 111)!) Franklin 0"( i Thames 34'.) Ohinemuri 1125 Waikato 280 Day of Plenty S!l!) Tauranga -lo!' Gisbornc -183 117U3 TAR AN AK I. Fa tea 258 Egmoul 728 Taranaki 4HS Stratford 207 IG9I WELLINGTON. Wanganui 010 Oroua 142 Olakl 104 Hull 1208 iWellington Citv 2127 Mastcrton 1152 Carterton 423 Wellington Suburbs 1712 Wellington South 1700

lIAWKE'S BAY. Napier 004 Waipawa 383 Pahiatua 480 1473 NELSON, WESTLAND, AND JIABLBOKOUUH. Nelson 192 Buller 45!) I Wairau I(J6 757 CANTERBURY. Kaiapui 580 Ricearton 234 Avon 559 Cliristclnirch City 1052 Lytlelton 207 Ceraldine 530 Christchureh East 931 Timaru GOT 4775 OTAGO. Waitaki 625 Oamaru 903 PovL Chalmers 897 Dunediu City 2952 Dunediu South 827 Taieri 852 Bruce 539 'L'uapeka 235 C'lutha 832 Mataura 517 luvcrcaryill 639 Awarua 210 1(1034 The electorates where Continuance is carried showed tlu-ir majority thus: Bay of inlands 176 lliingitikei 628 I'alniersLon 252 Wairarapa 77 Taumarunui 295 • llawke's Bay 565 Grey 727 Wcstland 1300 Hurunui 890 Wallace 178 Ellesmere 176 Sehvyn 552 Asliburton 409 Wakatipu 547 6770 I Summing rip the province? they .show in favor of No-License a. majority as follows: Aiu-kland 14793 Taranaki 2169 Wellington 9340 llmvke's Bay 1473 Nelson, ete 757 Canterbury 4775 Otago 10034 Cross total of No-License majority 43341 Cross total of Continuance majority 0670 Net total of No-License majority for Dominion 36671

Tlic beautiful Bellevuc fiiirdens (Lower Hntt), if no-license is carried ill the Hull electorate, sire to be closed. " I liiive had a fair offer from two Chinamen (brothers.) at Lower Ilutt, to turn Bellevue into a vegetable garden, and it is my intention, probably before the end of .tunc next, to dose the place and lease it as a Chinese vegetable garden," said Mr. A. li. V. fjodder. the proprietor, to a Times representative. This will mean the destruction of the whole of the costly .flower beds and ornamental grounds, -eigPit acres of which arc under cultivation in this respect," he added in all seriousness, realising the gravity of the position. On the daffodil beds al(>ne, Mr. Lodder says, he has spent £I3OO, on the rose beds between £SOO and £OOO, and on the carnations £250, during the seven years he has been in possession.