LOCAL OPTION POLL.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9594, 8 December 1896, Page 5

LOCAL OPTION POLL.

The following are the complete returns ot the licensing poll in the Lyfctelton district:—

(PBES3 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) NELSON, December 7. 1 The Rev. J. H. Gray, President of the Nelson Prohibition Council, writes to the laatt stating that while the Licensing Act of 1895 does not allow the votes polled for. prohibition to be added to the votes for reduction, the number* published in Saturday's Mail Bwm to point to (he conolueion jhat the whole of the reduction votes polled have not yet been counted. He points out, that the strong probability is Uiat from 80 to 90 per cent, of those who voted nolicense voted also for reduction, and if that number be deducted, from the published reduction vote it leaves between . four and five hundred only who voted for reduction merely, while the general opinion expressed is that a very much heavier vote was cast for reduction than for prohibition. If this be the case, the bulk of the 1010 votes will need to be added to the 1311, while this will probably result in a redaction vote being carried. Presumably the same applies to other parts of the colony.

ii X XXI KUXVH . I r«c,..|j J J J I t> o « k; ,t3 Lyfctelton — Courthouse 987 649 277 287 49 Oddfellows' Hall ... 518 291 204 202 20 Governor'sBay 60 45 4 15 — Sumner ... 165 94 51 32 — Heathcote ... 116 73 40 37 3 Woolston ... 567 351 183 172 24 Opawa ... 417 246 32 139 18 Spreydon ... 202 97 92 81 6 Addington ... 218 92 110 114 5 Willowbank... 128 63 55 50 — Totals .... 3369 2004 1048 1129 125 ELLK3MBRS. I 5 4 § S _, Polling Booth. g-J § « •-. g a> d n-j •-» a O O <u O «*« . tf fc £ Little River ... 183 89 93 10 Akaroa 207 146 161 11 Leeston ... ... 141 186 186 — Southbridge r ... 233 189 203 26 •KiUinoliy ... 29 32 30- 4 Port Levy ... 13 20 20 — Greenpark ... 65 3. 46 5 Springston ... 64 42 44 3 IrweU ... ... 43 28 37 1 Lakeside... ... 54 38 46 4 Doyleston ... 74 62 61 5 Gebbie's VaUey ... 47 9 15 1 Teddington ... — — — — Halswell 25 8 9 1 OkainVBay .... 38 30 26 — Little Akaloa ... 25 24 16 — Wainui 38 47 40 — Duvauchelle's ... 101 9 14 13 PigeouBay ... 35 9 19 8 TaiTapu ... 148 75 79 3 LeBoa'sBay ... 65 28 27 4j Totals ... ... 1638 1074 1172 99 ' RICOAUrON. ! Continue ... ... 2108 . Reduction ... ..< 992 No license ... .... 949 (press association tkuiqram.) AUCKLAND, December 7. KKANKIJN. , Continue ... ... .1767 Reduction .., .... .1382 No license ... ... 1414. WELLINGTON SUBURBS. Continue ... ... ,2000' Reduction ... ... 1649 No license ... ... 1613 WAIKOUAm. Continue ... ... 1632 Reduction ... „. 118 . No license ... ... 1278' WAIH1SM0. Continue 1879 Redaction ... ... 1103 No license ... ... 1291 Informal ... ... 106 NAPIEE. x The Returning Officer. for Napier lias recounted the licensing poll in a different manner and now declares it to be Continue . ... ... 2086 Reduction ... ... 1769 No license ... ... 1627 Number of- voters 3970. " , . MANPKAU. i Continue ... ... 1616 < Reduction ... ... 1212 e No license ... ... 1123 BAY 07 ISLANDS. Continue /... ... 1360, Reduction ... ... 742 » No license' .:. .-804 WAIBAU. The final returns give Continue ... ... .2536 Reduction ... - ... 1160 Nolicenee , 1120 BRUCB.. The Returniug Officer announces that at the licensing pou nothing was carried and the licenses remain as at present. The voting was—Continue 1411, reduction' 1428, no license 1341. The number of voters was 3007.