AUSTRALIAN CONSCRIPTION VOTING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11417, 21 December 1917, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CONSCRIPTION VOTING.

HEAVY POLLING. LA3ERLY AWAITING RESULTS. United Press .4e««3eJ.aU? n 'Ey Elec trie Telegraph—CopymJ"^ SYDNEY, Last Nigtu. All the States report orderly but heavy polling. Some indication of the way the pendulum is swinging is being eagerly awaited. Very incomplete figures may be available to-night. The booths are remaining open till late in the evening. VOTING IN THE Cl TY. Sydney, Dec. 20. Voting is progressing steadily and there is no excitement. The strictest precautions are being taken against anything in the shape of interference. A host of vehicles is employed by both sides. The city is full of Christmas visitors and so many are voting away from their electorates that this will make for delaj r in ascertaining the final result, which will not he known for a considerable time. Provision is made for men serving in Mesopotamia, and those aboard warships and transports to vote up to third of January.