LIQUOR POLLS IN AUSTRALIA.
Vote in Queensland Areas.
SUBSTANTIAL VICTORIES FOR “ WETS."
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Auatru-’/an end N.Z. Cable Association (Received May 18, 7.20 p.m.) BRISBANE, May 17. Local option polls were held on Saturday in forty-three areas. In twenty-five areas, extending from Gympie southward, the issue was prohibition. In the remainder, in various parts of the State, the issue was whether new licenses should bo granted. In ail areas except three the “wets" secured a majority, and in thoso three the “dry” majorities were non-effective owing to their not reaching the necessary three-fifths of tim total vote.
Some returns are still incomplete, but the result is not likely to be altered.
DEFEAT OF PROHIBITION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian nod N.Z. Cable Association. BRISBANE, May 18. A local option poll in the Towoomba and East Towoomba electorates resulted: For Prohibition ... ... 4251 Against Prohibition ... 6144
In both electorates the continuance vote showed an increase over the last poll.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 19 May 1925, Page 7
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157LIQUOR POLLS IN AUSTRALIA. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 19 May 1925, Page 7
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