VOTES FOR MILITIAMEN
IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE. PROPOSAL IN TASMANIA. By Telegraph—Press- Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) HOBART, This Day. The State Premier, Mr A. G. Ogilvie, K.C., announced that Cabinet had decided to submit a Bill to provide that members of the Militia forces should be entitled to vote for House of Assembly and Legislative Council elections, irrespective of ages. “If these young men are prepared to undergo training to defend their cotmtry,” the Premier said, “surely they are entitled to have a voice in how they should be governed.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1939, Page 6
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92VOTES FOR MILITIAMEN Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1939, Page 6
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