LOCAL OPTION POLLS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 25 November 1908, Page 2

LOCAL OPTION POLLS.

OFFICIAL RETURNS. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. The official result of the Pa l™'l,,l,?---cal option poll is .-Continuance, 2662, Eduction, &0B; no-license, . 3664. Valid votes, 6509; reduction carried. JNO license was lost by 239.. cense wu * WELLI J NG TON, Tuesday. The official announcement of the local option poll for Wellington South* -Continuance, 2241; reduction, 8466 1 no-..ioense, 4054; voles polled, 6381. No-license carried. The official figures for the local option poll for Riccarton are:— ContmSuic, 2B84; reduotion, 2418; no-license 2903. Votes recorded, 5830; no proposa'l carried. BvmQm< Tuesday< The official local option returns for Dunedin Broth*™ * -9° ntinu *J£S' 3350; reduction, 3721; no-license, 4083. Reduction carried by 33. The final count showed that reduction was carried in Taieri by 94 votes. The official declaration for the Hurunni local option poll is :-Continuance, 2375; reduction, 1183; no-hoense, 1764. Continuance carried. . oon WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Tha official declaration for Oroua is : -Continuance, 2361; reduction, 15o3; no-license, 2331. No proposal carried. M4STERTON, Tuesday. In an interview with a credible authority to-day thi "Wairarapa Age reporter was informed that it was abso utely certain that a petition is to be lodged on behalf of tte licensed vietuallers of the electorate to declare the loca option poll at Masterton invalid Tht ground* for the application were not divulged. The pressman was informed that they would not be available to the public until the return from Wellington of Mr C. A. Pownall, solicitor for the licensed victuallers, who is away on Supreme Court business.