POLL INVALID.
BRISBANE, April 23
An important decision has been given by the High Court in connection with tlio Queensland local option poll in 1917. The poll was taken on the same day as -the election' for the Federal Senate, and resulted in favour of the reduction of licenses in certain districts. The .point taken was that the State authorities overrode the Federal law by taking a poll in conjunction with the Federal elections. The High Court. held that the Federal law was paramount, and declared the poll invalid.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9288, 24 April 1920, Page 5
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