WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.
Twenty years ago, or thereabouts, the suffrage was extended to women in New Zealand without much fuss or fulmination. There had been no demonstrations.,,on en, and no strififor'bltteitielsT The" change was brought about by the chivalrous conduct of Sir John. Hall, and other politicians of the day: >Ait/ attempt is being niadeiin the Mother Country.-to'carry the reform at the point of the bayonet; but «ihis attempt 'is obviously doomed to failure. A cablegram received yesterday conveyed the intelligence that Teresa Bellington, who seceded from the Women's Freedom League, has published a severe criticism on the suffragette societies. Her experiences "have proved that the movement is merely an exploitatioh'of-fche natural forces of sex, and a revolt for the. purpose's of advertisement? The or-,; ganisers of -the Social and •Political nnion..,jstarted a'jgigantic gaine' iof } bluff, and gradually edged the work-" iag class element out of their ranks;, and now»it caters for snobbery and intolerance.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10140, 18 January 1911, Page 4
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154WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10140, 18 January 1911, Page 4
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