RIGHTS OF WOMEN.
SEATS IN HOUSE OF LORDS.
MAY BECOME SOLICITORS,
By Telegraph.—rresa Assn.—Copyright.
.Received Oct. 29, 7.50 p.m
Loudon, Oct. 2S. In the House of Commons. Major 1 Graeme moved an amendment to the Sex Disqualification Removal Bni with a view to permitting women to sit in the House of Lords.
Mr. Pollock urged that the amendment should not be pressed, because it encroached upon the privileges of the Lords, gfcho should deal with the matter. Mr, Graeme asked leave to withdraw the motion, but the House declined, and the amendment was carried by 171 votes to 84.
Mr. Pollock declined to accept an amendment removing all disabilities against women entering the Civil Service. He said this was impossible in the Overseas Civil Service, especially in India. The amendment was defeated
A new clause was inserted permitting women to become solicitors after serving articles for three years and possessing the existing qualifications for men.—Aus - N.Z, Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1919, Page 5
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