WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
ITS RELATION, TO THE BIRTH-RATE. By Cable—Press Association.-^Copyright Received July 12, 11.20 p.m. London, July 12. Lady Stout, in a letter to the Times, commenting on the increasing birth-rate of New Zealand and Australia, declares that woman suffrrage is the only means whereby the birth-rate can be increased and the infant mortality reduced. Throughout the decline of the birth-rate from fBBO to 1899 New Zealand and Australian women were affected by the wave Of revolt throughout the world against the birth of unhealthy and undesired children, but now they were having a voice in furthering legislation for the benefit of children. All young married ■women with a desirre for children do their utmost hv natural feeling to reduce the mortality. "With improved conditions of life thoughtful parents feel assured ot the future of their children, hence the ibirth-rate was steadily, not rapidly, increasing. She quotes the improved birth statistics of Victoria.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 80, 13 July 1910, Page 5
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153WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 80, 13 July 1910, Page 5
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