CONTINUANCE MAJORITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17139, 19 April 1919, Page 8

CONTINUANCE MAJORITY.

MARGIN. OF 1854 SHOWN. RESULTS OF POLL IN EGYPT, VOTING ON WILLOCHRA. OPPOSITION TO PROHIBITION. A majority of 1854 votes, for continuance is shown by the amendment of lha figures in accordance with returns received during the past two days. These incl'ids the result of the polling of New Zealand soldiers in Egypt, showing i majority fir continuance of 1409 votes, and on (ha transport. Willochra, showing a majority for continuance of 854, and official re. counts in 12 districts. In the absence <»f details of the official court in Christ, church East, the present stiite of the p<;ll is as follows:-— CIVILIAN votie. For Continuance 228,943 For Prohibition 241,824 Majority {or Prohibition 12,881 SOLDIERS' VOTE. For Oontinnanca 19,116 For Prohibition 4,540 Majority for Continuance 14,576 TOTALCIVILIAN AND SOLDIERS' VOTES For Continuance 248,059 Plus Inc. Chch. East... 159 For Prohibition 246,364 Majority for Gontinuancit 1,854 Details of the votes cast by soldiers in Egypt are :— • Continuing. Prohibition. Alexandria ... 8 2 Kantara -. 68 It Cairo 1"- 3'2 Ismailia ... ... 49.1 132 Menuf 73 lu Quesna ... 144 34 Zifta >■ ... 213 33 Tauta ... ... 165 .->8 Sherbin 83 3'> Mehallakubra ... 67 It Mansura ... 101 31 Kiftaheikh ... 276 18 Totals ... 1853 4)1 Majority for continuance 1409 The troops by the Willochra voted aa follows For Continuance . < • . ». 946 For Prohibition 9 - Majority for Continuance .. 854 The number of soldiers en route to the Dominion and in Samoa, is estimated at 13,972. Of these 1112 are aboard the Kaikoura, which arrived at Wellington yesterday. Their votes and those of the undischarged soldiers in New Zealand are still to be taken into account. The counting of the soldiers' vote in New Zealand will be commenced in Wellington ou Tuesday. Details o! Official Recounts. The following is a statement of the returns made upon the official recounts in the districts named, votes cast by seamen and absent voters being included : — For For Majority for Con. Pro. Con. Pro. Auck'and Central ... 5713 21.-H 15"9 — Manukau 4132 SSSI6 — loot Napier „. - 8868 381:0 48 — Mataura 2233 2772 — 533 Dnnedin West ... 3085 39f6 — 901 Ashburton ... ... 3008 25*12 446 - Wellington North ... 4948 34515 1453 — Wellington Central 4556 1927 •■— Wellington South... 3879 3745 . 134 ■ — (Jamam 2566 319 — 6*25 Hutt... 3874 361'f 257 . I Avon 3781 44213 — 641 The sailors' vote in Auckland Central district was : For continuance, 108; for prohibition, 21. Absent voters: For continuance, 94 j for prohibition, 40. There are still a few absent voters' permits to complete the Auckland Central return. Following is the result of the official count of the licensing poll in the Manukau electorate Civilian vote : Continuance, 4017; prohibition, 5516. Seamen's vote : Continuance, 17; prohibition, 13. Absent voters : Continuance, 98; prohibition, 167. Totals Continuance, 4132; prohibition, 5696. Majority for prohibition, 1564. There were 81 informal votes. In the Napier electorate 1.06 absentees voted for continuance, 'and 142 for prohibition. There were 26 absent votes for continuance and 61 for prohibition in Mataura. The return for Halt includes 163 absent votes— for continuance and 91. for prohibition. That for Wellington Central includes 75 absent votes for continuance and 67 for prohibition; also 53 seamen's votes for continuance and 11 for prohibition. The returning officer at Ashburton found a voter who voted at two booth?. The votes were disallowed, and a prosecution will follow. Thirteen declarations were also found to be false. The official count in m-st of the districts in and around Auckland will bo commenced on Tuesday, when it is expected that the remainder of the absent voters' papers will be to hand. In all cases the scrutiny of the rolls has been completed, and in some of the district? where the official count has actually been commenced the result is being withheld so that a final pronouncement may be made when all votes are received.