CAMBRIDGE PARLIAMENTARY UNION

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1954, 15 January 1885, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE PARLIAMENTARY UNION

This union resumed its mttmgs on Monday evening last nfter the holiday recess Ihe attendance of ...embers was small, but there was a fair .Utendince of the public. In the absent of the .S,.o.»k«r. tin 1 \ en. Archdeacon Willis took the chair for the After some pielimimvry busmen had been disposed of, the Woman's I'r.mchise Bill, (Mr Keesing) was brought forward in committee and d^enssed at veiy considerable length. The Bill excludes women of the Maori race from the franchise Mr P^dg.ir brought foiward an amondment that the words " cxc« ptmK women of theMaon rnce" be omitted, and K^e his reasons in Hupport theioof. The Rev. Mr Dewsbury and other speakers supported the amendment which after much discussion was can led. me liev. H. K. Dewsbuiy bioii^'lit foiwtnlan amendment to the effect that the fiauchi-o be extended only to smglo women and widows, pointing out that a man and Ins wife were as one and only represented one interest, and to ghe them each a vote would perhaps not tend to their domestic felicity. , , . Mr Stewart Kupported the amendment, and Mr Gilby opposed it, Mr (iwynnctn, Mr Keesin*. and Mr Hill, also spoke at considerable length on the measure. The debate was of an interesting chaiacter and occasionally waxed pietty lively. „ Progrf«« hiving been reported, the Hou^o adjourned till the next ordinary night of sitting, when it is expected that the House will be prorogued.