WOMEN'S VOTE A MISTAKE.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5968, 6 June 1913, Page 5

WOMEN'S VOTE A MISTAKE.

A VOICE F Ri) M NE VY ZEAT, AN D

We clip the following from ihe LonCkm Dnily News:- -"On our return to the dear old mother country ai'ttr many years spent abroad we arc astounded and deeply grieved to find crime and criminals treated wilh indifference and cowardly knity, which is having but one ed'ect —the encouragfment of crime of every kind.

"Your Homo Secretary excuses his intptitude and inefficiency in protecting the public fro-M damage and danger by a set of female fanatics by the weak-kneed, goody-goody terms; Pat'ence, forbearance ;;nd humanity.'

"Had our women in New Zealand behaved as your notoriety-hunters have, they would never have the | vote; indeed, we would never have stood one quarter of the crimes that you people aio takiug lying down. 1 was among the first few men in my district who signed the requisition to parliament praying that the franchise be CXtClltlCd \0 Women We have found by experience that by giving women the vole we made a .trreat mistake—it has had no goo i effect, but quite the revere." jority. and says tin- 1 Liberal? can pass no laws with which the Senate, with its overwhelming Labour majority, does not agree. Liberals could not even yet supply. One tiring, was certain, and that was that responsible, government, .under such circumstances, was impossible. •(Kee. -June <">, .11.5 a.m.) Sydney, June G. The counting of the absentee votes so far as it has proceeded leaves the position of parties unaltered, estimated at Liberals as, Labour 35. In the two doubtful cases Labour is loading by \l'.\ at lllawarra, and 71 at Ballarat. In connection ; with the referenda the position :is unaltered. "Noes" have a ! majority in Victoria. New ! South Wales, and Tasmania. The "Noes" have also a majority over the whole Common-

wealth.

Melbourne. Juno (>. I'he Kiuht llon. A. Kisher. Commonwealth Prime Minister, refernnir t-» the political position in a speech at the railway station, said : "T shall for ilu> present remain silent. What will be the outcome i don't know.' It is reported that Cabinet meets to review thr position

early next week