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Show iWETS FIR JH IN QUEBEC VOTE i - Soldier Suffrage for New ' Zealand Overwhelming- I ly Antiprohibition. i j MONTREAL, Que.. Ar-"-! 11. With a I large number of distant points in Quebec ! province yet to be- heard from, the "wet" 1 majority registered in the referendum yesterday in tavor of light wines, cider and beer had increased to 110,000 this morning. r WELLINGTON. New Zealand, April 11. - The vote on the question of prohibi-tion prohibi-tion for New Zealand stands, on t::e returns re-turns .so far received, as follows: Tor continuance of the present license system, sys-tem, for prohibition, 233.508. There are sii!! a few home returns and the votes of 10,000 soldiers to be received. LONDON. April 11. The New Zealand soldiers; in Great Britain have voted on th.e quest Ion of prohibition in New Zca- 1't p1. vhu h is up for decision there, as : fo'lowa: Kor prohibition, 3300; against prohibition, prohibi-tion, 1.0.6'". N.WI'OnT NEWS. Vs., A).-'.! l. Before Be-fore -'u'.IJ.'ig- tr Auckland. New Zealand, iast nioht, the New Zealand soldiers who arrived here from Er.trland on the transport Northumberland for cal participated par-ticipated in the homeland's prohibition election, casting their votes aboard the ship. Consensus of opinion anions those who camo ashore was that the "s..M!or vote wa.s overwhelmingly "wot." The ballot bal-lot boxes wi:: be opened thc day the vessel ves-sel arrives at Auckland. |