A PREDICTION.
A writer in the Lyttelton Times There have already been five
triennial pels (the first taken in 1896). Tillies© figures show a steady increase in itilie proportion of voters for no-license. So far none of the four obief cities have "gone; day," burt ilf tlhe proportionate increase of votes for no4icense be maintained tine coming election will see one or more of these cities deprived; of its licenses. A proposal for national prohibition is this year to be submitted for tlii© finst time, but unless tine ratio of progress oi no-License voters proves to have been very much acw.'Jorat.ed ,tihe!ne is not much chance of thiis dsisue being carried. Judging >by past irecords, and assuming .(whic/li is very doubtful) that all who have hitherto voted (Local no-license will in future also vote national prolrilbi'tiom, the voting may be approximately : s. Par National Prohibition ... 250.000 Against National Inhibition 200,000 This in probably an outside estimate, and out of a total of 450,000 voters it would require 270,000 to give rthe required three-fifth's majority.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10485, 23 November 1911, Page 4
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174A PREDICTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10485, 23 November 1911, Page 4
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