PROHIBITION.
THE POLL IN NEW ZEALAND
(United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
(Received Deceml-er 12, 9.a a.m.)
SYDNEY, December 12. ( The Telegraph states that there is ground for believing that the heavy Prohibition poll in New Zealand is a significant illustration of the working man's vote. The drink evil particularly injures women as a sex, because of its effects upon their male relatives and homes. The women are the natural keepers of the community's social well-being. Hitherto the actual effect of the women's franchise has been in doubt, but their responsibility is now gripping them in regard to such an issue as Prohibition.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10501, 13 December 1911, Page 6
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103PROHIBITION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10501, 13 December 1911, Page 6
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