CABLEGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10351, 27 April 1911, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

THE REFtRENDA. fc —• THE VOTES OF THE STATES. PROPOSALS NEGATIVED BY BIG a MAJORITY. 'W^ SOME SIGNIFICANT FIGURES. POWERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. HOW THE LIBIERiALS VOTED. (Per United Press Association.) SYDNEY, April 27. Although the countingl is incomplete it appears ctertain that 'both Referenda votois will be negatived by a big majority. Wtesti'alia is the only State where the affirmative is leading 1. There the returns show that the present figures show, an aggregate of "Yes" majorities for legislative power, 168,913; monopolies, 152,501. The following aret the details of the voting:—■ -r-First Question. —■ New South-Wales.—Yes : 94,921. No: 150,554. Victoria*—Yes: 143,403. No: 220,----158. Queensland —Yes: 35,258. No: 48,288. South Australia.—Yes: 39,113. No: 52,057. Westralia..—Yes: 11,612. No : 10,381. Tasmania,—Yes: 20,248. No: 27,----5-30. —.Monopolies.—■ . New South. Wales.—Yes: 83,848. Nta: 138,903. Victoria.-—Yes : 143,403. No : 220,----058. Queensland.—Yes: 26,889. No: 34,555. South Australia.—Yes: 32,122. No: 39,124. Westraliai.—Yes: 5496. Noi: 5152. Tasmania.—Yes: 19,763. No: 21,----630. . - The B'arriei 1, which is the strongest L'albior district in the .State, wag the only place where "Yes" had an overwhelming majority. The voting waa "Yes" 5426, "No" .991. North Sydneyj a powerful Liberal ctonatituenoy, was the strongest "No" centre, the polling beng "Yes" 3740, "No" 12., 110. The voting! wais comparatively light, hut it wlas apparent that to a: certain extent it waa on party lines. The Herald states that Commonsense was out to win steadily though not in a sensational fashion. The polling was disappointing considering, the issues at sit alkie. It would have been more satisfactory had! a. higher percentage voted, (Last it Wais evident that the problems wtere tofcv abstract for the average man, hence'a general inability to understand the enormous responsibility. The referendum] shows that the electors in the judgment of the majority that expressed opinion thought that Labor had overstepped the mark. Ajs tori as it learns the limitations of the strength .of unionism thd more tolerable it waa likely to become.