THE LICENSING POLL

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22534, 17 October 1938, Page 15

THE LICENSING POLL

SATURDAY’S VOTING

LARGE majority for CONTINUANCE

LITTLE INTEREST TAKEN

Interest in the licensing poll was at this election somewhat obscured by the General Election, and little was heard of the issues. Figures are not yet complete, but it is amply evident that there* will be no change this time. Ike poll was the sixth at which the there issues, national continuance, State purchase and control, and national prohibition, have had to be decided. He figures so far available—there are 15 districts still to come—show that votes lor prohibition are outweighed about two to one by votes for continuance The vote for State control this tiane is already larger by a good m? than it has been since this issue was placed before the electors.

The individual polls in the Christchurch districts are not yet available, but details of those in which the count has been finished are given below. The following table shows the state ei the poll as present, compared with those at the previous four polls:

Continu- State Prohibiance. Control. tion. M 22 .. 282,669 35,727 300,791 1925 .. 299,590 56,037 319,450 1928 .. 373,692 64,276 294,453 1935 .. 521,167 57,499 243,091 1938* .. 389,803 67,988 186,198 •These were the • final totals on Saturday evening, with. 15 districts to come.

for the Christchurch licensing district, which comprises the electorates of Christchurch North, Christchurch South, and Christchurch East, the only complete return on Saturday evening was for Christchurch South. For the other two electorates the advance figures from individual booths ram» into the returning officer for the licensing district. Mr T. W. Reese, in such an unorganised form that it was impossible to assemble the figures into districts. The result will consequently not be available until the official count of votes is‘made, beginning to-day.

MID-CANTERBURY

IN OTHER PLACES

DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS

ISLANDS AND PARTY ALLEGIANCE

REMARKABLE BALANCE SHOWN'

A remarkably even balance of support for the Government was maintained in both the North Island and the South Island. Although Labour has lost 022& scat in the aggregate, the National Party has increased its representation by five seats. Labour and National each won a seat previously-held by the Country Party and a seat occupied by Independents with party leanings. Under the electoral boundaries revision, the South Island lost Chalmers, won for the first time by Labour at the last election. Oroua, in the North Island, held by a Nationalist, was also abolished, and the two newly-created seats, near Auckland and Wellington, were both won by Labour. On the present position of the polls, the representation of the two islands (including Maori electorates) is shown in the following table, with the comparative figures after the 1935 election:

With the Independents ignox-ed by the electors in electorates where threecornered fights were staged, the suggestion can hardly be advanced that the proportion of* seats held by the two parties is not balanced. M party representation in Parliament were according to the total vote gained by each party in the election, the strength of the parties would be altered, with more seats going to the National Party. The approximate percentage of the total Dominion vote gained by each party, the number, of seats equivalent to that percentage, and the actual number of seats at present held are as follows, the vote for the Independents being discarded as entitling them to one seat only:—

Per Equivacent. lent. Actual. Labour .. 54 44 54 National .. 36 35 24

CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH Con. Pro. S.C. Addington library Selwyn at. School090 239 115 438 195 79 St Michael's 509 120 66 Provincial Cham533 iss 67 bers .. Normal School .. 357 85 44 Church of Christ 433 118 58 Spreydoa library Barrington street 506 370 240 172 78 43 Domain terrace .. 268 100 35 Wot Spreydon School 162 61 26 Somerfield Street Church 328 200 44 Union Methodist 631 . 333 105 Strickland street 505 247 78 St Asaph street 163 34 17 Antigua street .. 154 65 34 Battersea street 430 176 52 Bradford.Park .. 436 179 84 Broujharrt street 350 140 63 St. Andrew's 638 180 161 Total 7,931 3,038 1.251 AVON Con. Pro. S.C. Aldwin’s road .. 217 81 36 Annul School 263 ‘ 93 37 Bromley School .. 100 42 14 Cambridge terrace 382 148 57 Cashel street 261 75 42 Gloucester street 173 80 19 Unwood avenue 509 351 83 Avonside Church 324 134 43 Buckley’s road .. 433 173 62 Kolleston street .. 233 184 S3 Hatheaon’s road 603 196 86 N. Brighton School 1,035 467 163 North Unwood ..School > 339 171 54 North Brighton Hall 208 69 43 North Brighton School 273 120 57 Richmond School 687 325 112 South Brighton ...Church 230 125 58 Woodham road .. 280 115 43 Unwood library 1,224 491 211 Total 7.774 3,440 1,278 Informal, 251 RICCARTON Ataahua BmmMUIH Con. S.C. 76 26 16 6 Brookxldc 24 16 Bryndwr Sjdtwell HUhnortea badbrooka Papanui, Mr Ham403 346 295 104 Z3B 1*3 237 80 91 23 7S 5S 57 28 63 4 IB io , » shed 207 88 Puaha Skcarton, Mr F jSiWWmy'sshed *“«rtpn. Purlri 223 179 132 69 30 16 41 522 5 238 5 64, gockburn tess;“ , r feingon South Wccarton, shed Wootton ' s 443 324 223 152 107 152 166 235 103 219 64 44 88 49 50 39 4 ' 8 7 11 IS Total 5,793 2.521 673 Bestnt. t “formal. 158. Cluritn«‘T-_? m . a . number of booths, inaome of the larger ones, were not night: TOe main booth on Saturday LYTTELTON Cont. State Proli. control cS? Ba y Hills, t^atorium Hills. school if M ®on’s Bay " 315 45 56 208 84 542 60 116 56 241 65 46 70 16 26 170 32 349 19 31 23 113 14 28 43 1 4 40 33 80 3 3 4 31 3 3 Norwich 709 147 179 50 * 116 16 t-yttelton West " S' flrr ' ?5w‘ HIUs 321 212 152 83 84 93 21 48 40 18 4 'fc, Public 191 153 31 •ftS#- :: 5«fca®s Sumner 566 67 41 253 32 11 92 1 2 388 202 53 S^Matua 754 47 -.4 370 6 15 127 0 1 Sainui ton * Edwins 53 41 6 13 2 0 jSS^ 567 203 80 Wpolfton *.•*• schooi st : SSgs?- pubuc 263 91 44 288 125 48 949 339 164 7,719 3,195 1,135

Allcnton Cont. 410 Proh. 228 State Cont. 33 Ashburton— Borough Council 814 ' 567 74 Principal C97 412 47 East 582 294 • 59 Tuarangi 98 26 7 Barrhill 49 Brookside 50 Chertsey 112 44 Doric 69 27 Doyleston 157 59 Dromore 62 Dunsandel 205 145 12 Elgin 29 14 3 Fairton 89 31 Glenroy 63 14 Highbank 101 42 Hororata m t 171 78 30 Klllinchy 84 36 5 Lake Coleridge 55 14 , 1 Lakeside 86 34 7 Laurlston 85 51 Lees ton 306 169 20 Lyndhurst 68 64 r4 Mead 44 21 1 Methven 472 186 59 Milltown 77 31 3 Mount Hutt 40 4 1 Newlands • a 5 1 Overdale '20 24 Pendarves 40 43 2 Kakata 429 201 24 Rakala Gorge 23 » 4 2 Riverside 12 22 2 Rokeby 64 37 3 Soafield 36 19 Seavlew 11 _ Sedgemere , , 58 28 4 Southbrldge 266 121 14 Te Plrita 13 14 2 Wakanui 44 67 1 Whltecllffs 24 12 1 Winchmore 56 19 6 Winchmore Public Works Camp 51 20 3 Wlndwhistle •• 31 5 2 Totals 6,261 3.320 473 Informal. 161.

State Cont. Proh. Control Invercargill ~ ... 6.651 3,842 940 Eden .7.002 , 5.309 2,307 Remuera < .. 8.241 4,912 1,945 Onehunga 6.678 4.042 2,630 . Napier 7.370 3.079 829 Tlmarft 7.099 3,654 533 Palmerston North 7,880 3.984 919 Roskill' ■ 6.300 4,960 2,169 Otaki 5.264 2,496 692 Auckand West .. 7.492 3,350 3,361 Auckland Central 7.493 2,571 3,067 Auckland East .. 7,711 3.264 2,773 Auckland Suburbs 5.721 3,306 1,865 Wanganui 7,185 3,765 984 Awarua 5.274 3,481 505 Raglan 4,871 2.363 1,342 Stratford 5.875 2.453 331 Waikato 6,088 1.938 824 Mid-Canterbury Hawke’s Bay 3,ST'S 3,167 450 7,355 3,132 718 Hamilton 6,437 3,817 1,956 Nelson 6,672 3,084 594 Manawatu 6.170 3.222 508 Mataura 5,353 3,506 447 Westland 7,369 2,159 823 Tauranga 5,832 3,119 1,123 Wellington West 8.032 4,147 1,705 Wellington Subs. 8,034 3,631 3.859 Hutt 7,261 2.994 1,724 Wellington East 7,962 3,735 1,661 Wellington South 7,582 3,396 1,706 Buller 6.341 1,839 1,050 Marlborough >. 7,455 2,716 666 Oamaru 5,065 4,119 561 Wallace 5.758 2,937 431 Waipawa 6,121 2,249 604 Waitaki 4,794 2.653 390 Rotorua 5,049 2.020 2,731 Thames 5.968 2.952 1,512 Marsden 4,317 2.443 1,191 Dunedin South 7,601 4.279 802 Dunedin City 22,634 12.570 2,695 Clutha 4,816 3,595 408 New Plymouth .. 6,977 3,873 1,341 Bay of Plenty .. 5,607 2,268 863 Motueka 6,057 1,842 244 Grey Lynn 6,895 3,651 3.129 Waltemata 5,918 3,464 2.482 Bay of Islands .. 4,406 2,375 1,239 Kaipara 4,049 2,201 706 Otahuhu 5,595 3.356 1,953 Temuka Pahltua 5,469 6,030 2,893 2.442 419 524 Dominion Total . When counting stopped at midnight on Saturday the total for 54 districts (15 to come) was 339,803 186,198 07,988 Local No-Liccnce No Roskill Restoration licence 4.702 8,480 Invercargill 7.548 5,513 Eden 5,602 8,841 Wellington East 5,806 7,417 5.991 if? Wellington Suburbs 6,825 Mataura Oamaru Clutha 4,636 Masterton , t 5,300 4,527 Grey Lynn ... 6,671 7.046 Auckland Suburbs 5,340 Wellington South 6,625 5,991

North Island 1935. 1938. Labour ■ 36 36, National .. 10 14 Others 4 X South Island 1935. 1938, Labour .. 19 18 National .. ..9 10 Others 2 1