THE WOMAN'S CAUSE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 233, 30 March 1912, Page 5

THE WOMAN'S CAUSE.

THE CONCILIATION BILL REJECTED A SCENE IN THE HOUSE. THE WOMEN'S ATTITUDE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 29, 11.25 p.m. London, March 29. The Conciliation Bill was rejected by 222 to 208. Forty-one members of the Nationalist Party opposed i; in order to save the Government a week *f Parliamentary time for the Labor Party. Messrs. Lloyd George, Burrell, Burns, Runeiman, Bonar Law, Balfour, Lyttelton, Wyndham, O'Brien and Healy supported the Bill, whilst Messrs. Harcourt, Hobhouse, McKenna, Buxton, Churchill, Chamberlain, Slnith, Balcarres and Pease opposed it. The Liberal supporters of the Bill bitterly resent the Nationalists' action. The opponents of the Bill waved hats and handkerchiefs and shouted, the scene recalling the defeat of a Government. The Premier said that the natural distinctions of sex, in which theTe were different functions fo'r men and women, ought to continue to be recognised in the political sphere. There was no evidence that a change was desired. Sir E. Grey said that it was unfair to penalise a large majority of the women by withholding the vote owing to the militant outbreaks. Industrial questions would, he said, abso'rb more and more cd the attention of Parliament, and it was impossible to exclude women from exercising an influence on such questions. Many women held a demonstration outside the House of Commons. There was a great meeting in the Albert Hall, where Mesdames Pethiek and Laurence had a 'rapturous reception. Ten thousand pounds we're collected, including five sums of £IOOO each.