PROHIBITION QUESTION
THE POSITION IN MAINE.
SYDNEY, October 12,
Canon Boyce points out that prohibition is still in force in Maine. The recent vote was only on the question of altering the Constitution so that the State Legislature might have the power to repeal the prohibitory law if it so desired. He thinks it improbable that Parliament will view the poll as a mandate to introduce local option, the voting being so close. A second count will most likey be required.
WELLINGTON, October 12. Erom further information received by the Rev. J. Dawson it appears that the issue voted on in Maine was '' Shall the prohibitory amendment to the State con j stitution be repealed ?" They voted "Yes" or "No." The Rev. Mr Dawson to-day received a further cablegram from the Rev. F. J. Berry, superintendent of the Civic League, and editor of the Civic Record, as follows :—" Corrections completed October 9. 'No ' majority, 748; total vote, about 121,000." This refers to the recount of the original vote on September 11, about which conflicting versions have been received.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3005, 18 October 1911, Page 27
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