THE LOCAL OPTION POLL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10818, 8 December 1902, Page 5

THE LOCAL OPTION POLL.

(Per United Press Association.) WESTPORT. ''■ - ' WESTPORT, December 6. Local option: Continuance, 24J3.; reduction, 1149 '; no license, 1593 ; ■> informal, 6O - - - .«•>'-•<-' ;. At ihe adjourned annual meeting bi the Buller Licensing Committee a new license was granted to Charles Aldington for an hotel at Millerton. The Magistrate was not present. Mr Cottrell, counsel for the objectors, raised the .question as to the' effect of' the last local- option poll, which has been taken since the adjournment, thet poll being in favour of continuance, and quoted the pending case Westlake v. Wai-, pawa Licensing Committee. The commit--tee overruled the objection, and .granted the license, which, has to be signed by the Magistrate- before it can -issue.

PROHIBITION. CARRIED IN ASHBURTON BY^95 VOTES. MOVEMENT TO UPSET THE POLL. " ASHBURTON,, December 6. A recount of the local options poll took place to-day, and prohibition was carried by 95 instead of 101" as fct first declared. The figures are—rVoters, 4625 ;l; l continuance, 1734; ' reduction, '24B9;' no license; 2870;- informal, 125. . It is understood 'that proceedings will be commenced early next week by the lil censed victuallers with' the object of getr ting the poll declared void.

PO"ftT CHALMERS, JRECOUNT NOT COMPLETED. ' • DUNEDIN, December 6. . The recount of votes In the local option poll at P;ort Chalmers, which was comrnencedton Saturday, was not completed/

NEWTOWN RECOUNT. PROHIBITION CARRIED BY FOUR VOTES. WELLINGTON, December 7. • The recount of the Newtown local opI' tion poll' concluded last night. The result ,is that prohibition was declared carried by* four votes. The total valid votes casfci were 4985: dbntiriuance 1869, reduction • 27.77, no licence — . There were . 131 ini'ormal vot»-ng papers. . » r