EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALE'S ACT.

Evening Star, Issue 3933, 2 October 1875, Page 3

EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALE'S ACT.

To the. Editor. c J!i,— One might not be disinclined to approve of the object for which the meeting of 1 hursday night was called, and some may probably endorse Mr Stout's view upon the attempted amendment of the Factory Act, but I wonder it did not strike any persoa present to inquire of that would be champion of the peoples’ rights, whether it would not have be-n much better bad he been in h ; s place in the Bouse to oppose the ’proposed Bill both by his voice, and, what is far more important, his vote, than occupying Lis then position on the platform making a stump speech and endeavoring to earn a little cheap popularity, As an elector for the Gaversham district, I would ft. ; k Mr Stout if he is fulfillin'; his duty to that constituency by Ids presence ia Dunedin now ; or docs he thick the honor of having him as their representative, if only in nani’, is sufficient for that much abused district '! I think if Mr Stout's business avocations would not permit him to give his services during the remainder of (he session be should uot have conips’cd the? sent. No one doubtless knows belter than Mr Stout how far the free and independent.ckclois can bo humbugged, but I fancy his conduct in practically disfranchising the district will be severely criticised should he again have the temerity to solicit their suffrages.—l am, &c., C'avkusham. P.S. In jour leader in this evening’s issue you have very properly exposed MV Stout's want of candor, but the public have had too many instances of this to be at all surprised at its repetition. Dunedin, October 1.