SOLDIERS' VOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17145, 26 April 1919, Page 8

SOLDIERS' VOTES.

DOMIHIOH POLL, SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE ONLY 5318 VOTES RECORDED. RETURN ALMOST COMPLETE. MAJORITY NOW 5579. The result of the voting on the licensing issue by undischarged soldiers in New Zealand was announced in Wellington last evening. The figures, M telegraphed by the Press Association, are as follows For Continuance 3,347 For Prohibition 1,471 Majority for Continuance... 2,376 The counting of all the ballot papers received in Wellington has been completed, but there are still several ballotboxes (rom country districts to be delivered to the Minister for Justice. There has been some discussion regarding the attitude towards the question of soldiers abroad in comparison with that of those who returned to the Dominion before the poll. The following table shows the voting by soldiers in New Zealand and by those in Britain, in Egypt, and on transports, as announced to date, and the proportions per cent, of their rotes.— . For Con. For Pro, fi Per Per 'Votes. Cent. Votes. Cent. In New Zealand 3,847 72.34 1.471 27.68 Overseas .. 21.253 81.01 4,981 16.99 Totals .. 25.100 79.55 6,152 20.45 The votes of about 11,300 soldiers who were at sea or in Samoa on April 10 have still to be added to the returns. ■ A majority of 5579 for continuance is shown as a result of the addition of the soldiers' votes, and of corrections in scturdance with official district returns Hunonocsd yesterday. The present state of the poll is as follow*:— , CIVILIAN VOTE. For Cont'auanca ... 230.953 For* Prohibition ... ... 244,022 Majority for Prohibition 13,069 SOLDIERS' VOTE. For Continuance ... 25,100 For Prohibition ~. ... 6,452 Majority for Continuance 10,648 TOTAL CIVILIAN AND SOLDIERS' VOTES For Continuance .- 256,053 For Prohibition M « 250,474 Majority for Continuance 5,579 The following are the latest official statements of district returns:— _ __ Majority for Con, Pro. Con. Pro PWMU ... ... 88E2 «64 — 913 Maraden ... M 2128 3158 — 1030 Absent voters registered in Parnell, vpted m follows«— For continuance 104, for prohibition 133, and seamen as follows: ~For continuance 18. for prohibition 16. The return from Mareden includes 63 absent votes for continuance and 94 fox prohibition.