WOMEN'S FRANCHISE.
HYDE PARK RESOLUTION FORWARDED TO PREMIER. Received Junj 23, 10.2 p.m. LONDON, June 23. Mesdames Christabel and Pankhurst nave forwarded to Mr H. H. Asquit'i (Premier) the resolution adopted by the sult'ragettes at Hyde Park, and asked for a reply thereto before June 30"ch, when the National Convention of Wome.i would be held. Mrs Christa'jel, in a letter accompanying the petition, suggested that a satisfactory settlement would be the immediate extension of the franchise to women who possessed the qualifications entitling men to vote.
At the demonstration at Hyde Park, on Sunday afternoon last, a resolution demanding the vote for women was carried amid great cheering.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9123, 24 June 1908, Page 5
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108WOMEN'S FRANCHISE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9123, 24 June 1908, Page 5
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