Women's Influence In Politics

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 July 1915, Page 3

Women's Influence In Politics

, - The women of Now Zealand evidently ; take'politics seriously. Out ol' (510,043 electors ivhose names appeared on the x-'ecember rolls, 280,31(5 were those or ■women., aml-of that number, 23-17*26 voted. .Fifty-five per cent, of the votes recorded -were cast by men and 15 petcent, by women. in the aggregate, -, 85.43 per cent, of the men recorded their votes, and 83.73 per cent ol tho ••women. In certain electorates, as [•■ for instance, Auckland "West, Grey Lynn, Wellington East (each 51 per cent.), Christchurch East and Dunedin I hJouth (52 per cent.), Avon and Tiniaru \i (53 "per cent), Paruell, Diuiediu North \< (oa per cent.), ivomen voters" wove .a \ the majority, Svliile at Nelson, ChristI church, SoutlA Riccartou. Dunedin ■ Central, and JflUmcrs, tiie voting was L equally the men and l^ the ivomen, the returns showing that in each case, 50 per cent, of the votes were cast by the men and 50 per con', by the women, it. is evident from this that the women of. [New Zealand take a very keen interest in, and exercise a very considerable influence upon politics 'and that they nonstitute a factor thar "cannot bo safely ignored by any political party. One evening a countryman from Dum *'" barton took his sweetheart into a Glangow theatre. Going up to tiie ticket oflice t the girl hanging on to the sleeve of his jacket, he banged down u sovereign, and said* "Two seals 1 ." "Stalls?" *» inquired the ticket clerk. "Look here 1 me man," said the yokel rather sharp- ' ly, "diuua think because we come frat , the country that we're catflhe. Gie's twa cooshioned seats!" . . Nature's sweet face is decked with jewels rare, She weaves glad garlands in her eumrjr hair. She is a ladp, fair beyond compare, ■» But a man is -subject to ner darker , moode, ~ . - b;,,i30 to the rescue comes the cure of Pf.-Thei .iPeppermint Cure is-really "just