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Show NEWFOUNDLANDS $ DECIDE PROHIBITION i St, Johns, N. F, Nov. 4. The qucs- , K, tion of prohibition for the colony of V ft$ New Foundland was placed bofore tho . ki1 voters today. The proposed act would : l forbid the manufacture, importation , S' or sale of intoxicating liquors after j .9 Januap' 1, IS17. In order to become gjt effective the act must receive not iU& only a majority of the votes cast, but -J-; an absolute vote of at least 25,000, 'tho iEgft average required to cany a general SFi election in the colony. lfe |