LOCAL OPTION POLL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13933, 15 December 1905, Page 5

LOCAL OPTION POLL.

CHRISTCHURUH. The official count of the ChristcJfuTcH licensing poll was completed yesterday. Tho result gives— Continuance , • w >®*}- . 'Reduction . • ',3/0 No-license . • °>'°L Informal, voting papers . 329 Valid voters . . 19,743 LYTTELTON. , The following are the official figures in connection with the local option poll for the Lyttelton district:— Continuance • . 283^ Reduction ... . 1917 No-license . ... 2403 Number of voters . . 0292 . Continuance was therefore earned by 186 votes. INVERCARGILL. The Invercargill local option poll had been declared as follows: Continuance . . . 2573 Reduction , . . 3409 No-license . . . 3902 , . Valid votes . . .. 6489 Informal . . ~89 No-liceneo was carried by eight anttJ three-fifths votes. "- TAIERI. Continuance . . . 171$ Reduction . . . 2043 No-license . . .' 2295 Reduction carried by 34 votes.