DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1919, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

A CABLE MESSAGE EXPLAINED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, April 5. With reference to the cable from New York stating: "Prohibition repudiated at Chicago by a quarter of a million majority." Professor Nicholls, lecturer for the New Zealand Alliance, who left Home for Boston as late as February 17, states his opinion: "No poll taken at Chicago. ThU U unnecessary when prohibition was affirmed by the State The city does not vote on State matters. If is probable that the defeated candidate for the mayoralty was a strorg prohibitionist, hence this cable."

RECEPTION TO RETURNED MAORIS. Auckland, Last Night. The steamer Westmoreland with the Maori Pioneer Battalion aboard, arrived in harbor last night and 19 being declared a clean ship. The troops were landed this morning. The Maoris were greeted with Ihs greatest enthusiasm and cheered to the Domain, headed by a land Here. Sir James Allen took the salute, and the men were given a tvpiea.l native welcome by representatives of the tribes who are in camp at thp Tbtnain. Manv speeches were made. Aji-.nng those prpsent were Mr Herri"*. TV PomaTe and Sir .Tames Carrol! The eas + coast Maoris leave bv the Manmrrika to-nieht and Sir James Allen will aecompanv them. SOLDIERS' LOST VOTES. Auckland, Last Night. ' A deputation from Ihe Returned Soldiers' Association waited on Sir Jame9 .Alien and supplied him with the names of twelve men who are definitely known to have lost their vote at the forthcoming liquor poll. The deputation stated that well over a hundred had made personal complaint tv> the Association that thev had lo=rt (heir votes

Sir James Allen, in reply, said he waited to be quite candid with the deputation. He was a= anxious to see iustice done tc the soldiers as anyone. men complained of had nmnlv, like many other civilians, forgotten to enrol The Minister referred to the rumors that trouble would be creator! on nollins day. and asked for Ihe deputation's heln to see that the poll was not interfered with

In reply. Mr Andrews paid he had ''eard the rumor", lmt l.e did rot thint; therj would he trouble. There he mMi smarting; under iniustice, but he thought thev wonVI prefer to nun •sh the Government at the peneral elec tion rather than interfere with the pol'.