HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
August 21. 1 The Electoral Acts Amendment Bill - * was committed. > Clause 7, deposit (£10) by candidate. Mr Marchant moved that this clause b» struck out. On division the clause wbsretained by 58 to 20. Sir John Hall moved the following new clause : — •• For all purposes connected . with and haying reference to the right of : voting in the election of members of the House of Kepresentatives, words in Actspro*, iding for the representation of the- ■ people importing the masculine gender , shall include women." After discussion t i the motion for second' reading of "the- ' i clause was lost by 26 to 19, and theclause was therefore thrown out. The House rose at 2.10." " August 22. I The Hon. Captain Russell mbyed theaecond reading of the Representation Ait Amendment Bill, which provided for holding the general elections at theearliest date possible. Clause 4 of the , Bill also provided that, in the case of a vacancy occurring before the expiry or dissolution of this Parliament, it should uot be filled up. In reply to Mr Ballance, as to the probable date of the elections, the Hon. Captain Russell said thewrits would, be returnable in 72 days after the passing of this measure. TheBill was committed forthwith, read a. third time, and passed.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 29, 23 August 1890, Page 2
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