GENERAL RETURNS..

Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1027, 30 March 1894, Page 3

GENERAL RETURNS..

i Dunedin. -- - Temperance nominee: \ elected by &V>ont a thousand oi «

•najority each. the. local option vote resulted as follows :— ln respect of publicans' licenses— as at present 1359, reduction 2480, no licenses 3906. In respect of accommodation licenses^— as ut present 1465, -reduction 2183, no ! licenses 4038. In respect of , hot He licenses — as at present 1411, reduction j 1827, no license 3 4474. .. The, reduction of licenses was therefore carried, ; Bruce. — The temperance commit tpfc were elected unopposed. The local option poll is void, only 1350 votes being recorded out of a total of 3324. Of the nu .nber voting 686' were women and 672 men. There beins 1 ho election in November last the electoral roll was, of course, unpurged. . Taieri.— -The temperance candidates were elected by substantial majorities, and a reduction of licenses carried in the local option vote, the voting in respect of publicans' licenses "being — as at present 564, reduction ' 165, no license 737. , ' , ' Tuapeka. — A reduction committee elected as against -the temperance nominees, who were very close up. The local option vote resulted in favor of reduction by a large majority, the voting in respect of publicans' licenses being — as at present 134, reduction 421, no license 352. Mataura. — The temperance candidates returned.- Heavy polling but not a three-fifths majority for no- license. In respect of publicans' licenses the voting was — as at present 740, reduction 146, no* license 955. W'AJHEMO. — The temperance candidates returned by very large majorities, with a heavy poll in favor of no license, which may be carried should the poll be legal, but with only a few returns to come in appearances do not point in that direction. Caversham. — Temperance nominees elected. Voting in respect of publicans' licenses — as at present. 357, reduction 431, no license 912. Chalmers. — Temperance committee elected. Voting in respect of publicans' licenses: — as at present " 559, reduction 383, no license 1272. Waikouaiti. — Temperance committee elected. As to whether poll is legal depends on whether informal vote's are counted to make up the half. The voting is in respect of publicans' licenses — >as at present 274, reduction 137, no license 654. Waitaki. — Five moderates and three temperance candidates elected. The vote resulted as regards publicans' licenses — as at present 771, reduction 111,, no license 869. ' Asiiburton. — After (faking legal advice the returning officer decided ■ to count informal votes to make up the' half poll, and an all-found reduction is therefore carried. Awarau, Wallace, Wakatipu. — Local option vote void. Invercargill. — The temperance committee elected. There were 2148 votes recorded at the licensing election about 300 over the requisite half, and only 139 short of the number required to carry prohibition. There were 530 informal votes, 278 being those of men and 253 those of women. But for this it is probable prohibition would have been carried. Oamahu. — Temperance ticket elected. Local option vote — publicans licenses as at present 859 ; Reduction 200 ; no license 1109. This is 200 short of the three-fifth necessary for prohibition. Timaru. — Moderate committee was elected by upwa|ds of 400 over the temperance nomirjees.' Local option — publican's licensed as at present 1559 ; reduction 236 ; n6 licenses 863. Wellington. — ! Majority in favor of reduction of 1099.1 Auckland. — The local option vote was void, and the same remark applies to a large mumber of districts in the North Island/ In all those districts where the half polled a reduction was carried with more or less ease.