THE LICENSING ELECTIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XLII, Issue 3391, 24 March 1894, Page 9

THE LICENSING ELECTIONS.

The whole of tlie Vefcnrris for' the Wa'ikito' electorate are now to hand, but as there ore 2335 names on the roll arid only 487 votpa were recorded the poll will be - void. Th l e voting oil the various'questions was as. follows 4 That tho numbero f piibl ica n's j i cen ;■ c.intinu3 ( as at;nfesent"v• r .; 220' That the number licenses." ;'bereduced®>' That.no publicans'.licenses be granted.'; 100: That the numbed bf! f accn}nmnd;iti()ri^ licenses continue as at'preseiit 5 ..4 22£), r That the number of nccomtnod atiori' licenses.be : reduced ;.v'Vv. • 37 That, no accommodation licenses be irranted • ... .j ... 15G -That the number of bottle licenses continue as at present ... 209 That the number of bottle licenses be reduced 40, That'no bottle licenses' be granted ... 1(15 Informal ;v.| 74 At the Thames. tto».teni|wr<uice, dates, secured a ereat victory, returning their five candidates at'the'Vaclof the 'poll, and carrying the lochl option' s questions' with sweeping majorities in favour of 'abolition. In other'parts of the colony few of the returns are comitate, but in a; larpie number <>f cases the polls will be void owinc to less than half the number going to the pull. ■' . : ...... . . ;