The Licensing Poll.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 140, 9 December 1911, Page 4

The Licensing Poll.

NO CHANGE EFFECTED. BIG PROHIBITION VOTE. So far as they have come to hand the result of the licensing polls show that no change has been effected. Those districts that have hitjierto been wet will continue wet, and The dry districts will continue dry. Of the dry districts two only, viz., Aslibiirton and Ohinemuri, gave a majority in favor of restoration. All, however, favored national prohibition, which had a very large vote throughout the Dominion, though it failed to be carried by under 20,000 votes. From the summary of the live Taranaki results it will be seen that whereas no-license has only a majority of 700 over continuance, Dominion prohibition has a majority of 5443,ju5t within 50 votes of carrying it. The Taranaki electorate cast its vote in favor of Dominion prohibition, and gave a few over the three-fifths majority, as did Patea. Egraont gave a substantial majority. Stratford failed by a few votes, but Taumarunui, a good portion of which is already dry, never having had license, gave, only 50 over the bare majority. Details: d

Ohinemuri... 3,04!) 2,047 3,204 2,604 The figures for Waihi, the chief centre in Ohinemuri, were: Restoration 1033, No-License 1303. The last local option. vote was: Continuance 781, No-License 1888. AT THE SECOND BALLOTS. NO-LICENSE ATTITUDE. Wellington, Last Night. "A special meeting of the New Zealand Alliance is being held to-night to arrange for what Ave believe will be the final campaign," stated the Rev. John Dawson, secretary of the New Zealand Alliance, to a New Zealand Times reporter this afternoon. "We shall probably issue a manifesto in the morning." "You are starting early for the next election," suggested the newspaper man. "Oh, we are going to do our best to influence the second ballot fights," replied the Alliance secretary. "Our feeling is that the majority in favor of the' abolition of the traffic demands that next session of Parliament shall remove the handicap that is now placed upon the people. We are going to use all our powers to influence the second ballot, and seeing that the vote for national prohibition is so large, that is our reason for immediate action. While we were disappointed that no more electorates went for no-license, we feel very hopeful that we need only one more stride at. the same ratio of progress to emancipate this country from the liquor traffic." THE THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY. NEW ZEALAND ALLIANCE'S PROTEST. Wellington, Last Night. The New Zealand Alliance executive to-night resolved: "That in the opinion of the executive of the New Zealand" Alliance, the time has come for emphasising and enforcing the reiterated protests of the no-license party against the three-fifths majority required for the carrying of no-license and national prohibition as unjust, undemocratic and intolerable; that the executive reaffirm* the demand of the party for the application to all the issues of the bedrock democratic principle of majority rule, and that it considers that no candidate at the second ballot to be decided next week is deserving of the support of the party which polled more than 260,000 votes on Thursday who insists upon the retention of the oppressive handicap of the three-fifths majority.

a c> 0 a 3 13 M P 6 y. u o a "3 so 6 • 'A fa < Wanganui .. 3,522 3,058 4,137 2,909 Waipawa ... 2,551 2,642 3,050 2,080 2,028 2,051 2,917 1,758 Pakiatuu ... 2,486 2,517 2,927 2,042 Dunedin S... 3,720 3,810 4,003 3,422 Gisborne ... 3,224 3,120 3,550 8,665 3,683 2,921 3£74 2,97* D'din City.. 11,808 12,253 13,511 10,185 Ch'ch City.. 11,967 10,940 12,150 10,480 Otaki 2,627 2,314 2,768 2,170 Waikato 2,880 3,881 3,881 2,446 3,043 3,555 4,015 3,148 Wellington 12,294 0,918 10,902 10,888 Auckland .. 11,158 10,318 11,175 10,023 Wairarapa .. 2,225 1,023 1,802 1,988Kaiapoi 2,708 2,089 3,108 2,497 Grey 3,441 2,483 3,151 2,711 Lyttolton ... 3,182 2,929 3,100 2,857 Buller 2,824 3,088 3,529 2,232 Waitaki 2,029 2,606 2,873 2,290 2,461 2,468 2,754) 2.023 Timaru 3,092 3,407 4,005 2.792 Rangitikei .. 2,823 r2,390 2,770 2,287 3.886 3,983 4,112 3,023 Weatland ... 3,753 2,101 2,-806 2,963Wairau 3,307 2,533 2,828 2.S35 Temuka .... 2,643 2,072 2,889 2.244 Ellesniere ... 2,739 2,473 2,010 2.486 Hutt 3,389 3,112 3,491 3.067 Riccarton .. 3,olll 3.102 3,349 3.131 Kaipara .... 2,272 3,583 2,805 1.983 Waimarina .. 3,277 1,884 2.447 2*511 Nelson 3^)82 2,717 2,S01 2,701 Tauranga ... 2,040 2,828 3.291 2,290 Ft. Chalmers. 2,088 3.410 3,703 2,328 Waitemata . 3,238 3.S22 3,983 2,97* Marsden 2,400 3,114 3,368 2,174 Sehvvn 2,101 '1,595 1.841 1,S90 Auekl'd fc'ity. 11.158 10,318 11,175 10,0-23 Wallace 2,040 2 272 2,830 2,102 Hurumii .... 2,7-85 LSS7 2,238 2.451 Bay of Plenty 2.083 2.579 3,2101 2.2S2 Otago Cen... 2,848 •2,697 3,015 2,444 Wakatipu ... 3,003 1,970 2,377 2,528 Thames 2,701 2,703 3,051 2.354 Raglan 2.176 3,040 3,253 1,907 Manukau ... 3,054 3,834 ,3,947 2,7882)510 2,020 3,004 2,025 Tauranga ... 2,734. 2,782 3,157 2,091 Wakatipu ... 3,040 2,010 2,241 2,558 Palmerston . 3,380 3,008 3,615 2,748' Hawke's Bay 3,617 2,905 3,506 2,773 Franklin — 2,457 3,033 3,171 2.227 TARAXAKI RESULTS SUMMARISED. Taranaki ..., 2,825 3,131 3.950 2,347 Stratford ... 2,528 2,724 3,280 2,180 2,494 2,925 3,551 1913 Taumarunui . 2,897 2,266 2,597 2,540 Patea 2,723 3,120 3,599 2,182 Totals .... 13,467 14,172 10,623 11,180 XO-LICEXSE .DISTRICTS. 13 6 a a os *3 a o • 4J O u g '3 o .0 9 M W > t fa •< Wellington S. 2,998 3,887 4,106 2,420 A&hburtoii .. 3.011 2,586 2,611 2,914 Grey Lynn . .2,023 4,072 4,753 1,970 Oaniaru — 2,855 3,238 3,307 3,711 Welling'n Sub. . 2,498 3,259 3,315 2,426 Mataura — 2,362 2,833 2,872 2,306 Mt. Eden ... ■1,1)58 4,451 4,3211 2,015 Invercargill . 3.323 3,842 3,886 3,205 Clutha 2,012 2,050 2,714 1,053 2.357 3,123 3,022 2,305