LICENSING POLL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18286, 23 December 1919, Page 7

LICENSING POLL.

PRESENT POSITION. i THE PROHIBITION MINORITY. ______ r„V [per Press Association.] i WELLINGTON, December 22. ! "With minor alterations in district

, NOTES. The three issues ’ were apparently rather confusing to many voters. Some only struck one line out, while others struck out all the lines. Of these lastmentioned there must of course have been several who purposely made their votes invalid. “Generally speaking,'' said Mr T. VV. Reeso, the Christchurch Licensing District returning officer, to a “Lyttelton Tunes” representative last night, “ the intelligence of tho electors in Regard to the licensing poll voting is a lot better than in the past.” : M. Reese, who finished his count of Christchurch South electoral votes early yesterday morning, concluded hia count of votes cast on tho Christchurch {South licensing poll at 4 p.m,, and, going oh With the Christchurch East licensing votes, finished them at 11 p.m. He expects to make tho Christchurch North figures available by 2 p.m. today.

: votes the totals now are CONTINUANCE . . 231,342 STATE CONTROL . . 30,754 1 PROHIBITION . . 200,569 Prohibition minority . 1,537 ! The Samoan soldiers’ vote is ns follows Continuance . . . >84 State Control ■ .. * >18 Prohibition . . • .16 X DISTRICT FIGURES. CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH. The oflicial count for Christchurch South produced the following figures, with some twenty votes to come in: — j Continuance . .. . 3769 State Control . > . 534 1 Prohibition . . . 4281 l Informal > H • w 135 1 Prohibition majority of 15 turned into a minority of 37. Absent voters’ votes, soldiers’ special votes, and declaration votes (included in the above totals) were distriouted as follow:— , Continuance . * . 121 State Control * » .12 j Prohibition r • • ■ > 101 j CHRISTCHURCH EAST. ' | The Christchurch East, .official figures i ore:— Continuance. . . H 4552 t State Control . * * 554 ! Prohibition • , . 4146 | Informal . . , 167 Majority against prohibition reduced by 13. Absent voters’ and other special votes, included in the above, were distriouted as follows:— ; Continuance . , , 196 L- State Control . .19 Prohibition * . * . 126 j There are a few special votes to be ! (accounted for. | ' ' RICOARTON. | The Riccarton figures, so far as the f official count has proceeded, are;— j Prohibition . * . 3701 Continuance * . . 8118 State Control * , . 409 1 Informal * . . 90 Prohibition majority increased by 11. There are a few absent voters’ papers to come. OHINEMURL i Absent voters and soldiers polled as ' follows:— t Continuanoe . . , .68 State Control • » . 8 , Prohibition . . . .64 Majority against Prohibition increased from 326 to 338. Restoration . . . *67 Local No-license , . ,42