THE LICENSING POLL.
FINAL RESULTS. / By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Tuesday. The following are the final results of ) the poll for Dominion Prohibition:— | For Prohibition 255,262 | Against 203,201 r Percentage of total vote | cast for Prohibition .. 56.67 SYDNEY PRESS COMMENTS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, December 12. The Telegraph states that there is ground for believing that the heavy Prohibition poll in New Zealand is a significant illustration of the working of the women's vote. The drink evil particularly injures women as a sex, because of its effects upon their male relatives and their homes. Women are the natural keepers of the social wellbeing of the community. Hitherto the actual effect of women's franchise has J been in doubt, but the responsibility ia now evidently gripping them with regard to such an issue as Prohibition. WAITEMATA RETURNS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Tuesday. The complete returns for the Waitemata licensing poll arc: Continuance 3266, No-License 3856; against National | Prohibition 2970, for 4065.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 143, 13 December 1911, Page 8
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159THE LICENSING POLL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 143, 13 December 1911, Page 8
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