TOWED TO SAFETY.
MR. HARCOURT'S OPINIONS.
SYDNEY, May 13. The brigantine Carmen, which was dismasted when bound from Sydney to Hobart, wheat laden, has been towed in safely at Wentworth.
MELBOURNE, May 13. The women's political organisation bas asked the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) to cable a protect apainst Mr. Lewi? Harcourt (Secretary of State for the Colonies) publicly opposing womerTs franchise. It was urged that as the representative of the colonies in the Imperial Cabinet Mr. Harcourt ought not to expound hostility to the accepted law of Australasia. Mr. Fisher replied that he could not interfere in the matter. Politicians, he. said, were free to determine their attitude on public questions.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 115, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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112TOWED TO SAFETY. MR. HARCOURT'S OPINIONS. Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 115, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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