CONSCRIPTION POLL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16375, 1 November 1916, Page 6

CONSCRIPTION POLL.

THE LATEST RETURNS.

STATES EVENLY DIVIDED

350.000 VOTES NOT COUNTED

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j deceived 1] 30 p m I SYDNEY r.,. — The latest totals for the referendum on conscription are:— For conscript! -n ... 878,i50 Against conscription 961,075 Majority against 82,915 j It is estimated that there are still i 350,000 votes of all classes to be ! counted. i SYDNEY. Oct si I As figures stand in the conscrip- : tion referendum, Victoria. Western : Australia, and Tasmania have ; voted "Yes,"' and New South Wales' Queensland and South Australia "No." Supporters of conscription , hone that the soldiers' and absentee votes may yet turn the balance. 1 Leaders on both sides advocate i that whatever the result of the rej ferendum, the recruiting campaign should be continued vigorously. " ■

. 1 . ! AMERICAN OPINION. AUSTRALIA NOT LUKEWARM. i A. and N Z Cable. NEW YORK, Oct. So. -1 Widespread interest is taken in • ; the United States in Australia's • : conscription referendum. The New ; j York World, in a leader, Bays: '"In ' j rejecting conscription Australia has ' j expressed the traditional unfriendli--1 ; ness of English-speaking communi- ' i ties to military compulsion, whether '! or not it was defeated by the ' women's vote. It does not follow, ; however, that Australians are luke- " ! warm in regard to the war. The I Australians have fought bravely and - : they have suffered heavy losses. A - j colony so far removed from the 1 j European field that has contributed ' j so freely in men and money cannot 5i be accused of shirking its duty. 5 With organised labour against con- ' scription other reasons for a defeat 1 at the polls are of minor significance." I ~ ~~