LICENSING ISSUE
FIGURES FOR INVERCARGILL: P.A. INVERCARGILL, October 7.. The official count of votes in the local option licensing poll for Invercargill and the counting of absentee and postal votes was completed by the returning officer and his staff this evening. The result of the complete count was:— Restoration 7194 No licence ' 5334 Bare majority for restoration .. 1860 Deficit for restoration on threefifths majority 322 The counting of the absentee and postal votes gave the following results:—Absentee: Restoration, 401; no licence, 181. Postal: Restoration, 216; no licence, 215. Totals: Restoration, 617; no licence, 396... The figures show that the restoration, deficit of 361 votes on the first count has been reduced by 39 votes. When the absentee votes nad been counted the deficit was reduced to 279, but in turn the postal votes, which were almost equally divided, increased the deficit. The servicemen's votes, which have yet to be included, are estimated to total between 1450 and 1500. In figures so far announced for the voting in the national licensing poll the soldiers' votes for liquor licences represented approximately 90 per cent, of the votes cast On that basis of voting for restoration by soldiers ux the Invercargill electorate, the chances of licences being restored cannot be overlooked.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 86, 8 October 1943, Page 4
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208LICENSING ISSUE Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 86, 8 October 1943, Page 4
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