LAKE ELLESMERE
OUTLET RUNNING WELL Jl The persistence of the HtaratSf |l| Land Drainage Boani in opea&ag 4W|m outlet of Lake Ellesxnere in the Wfe|i five weeks appears at last lskx3j> Mil meet with success. ' ,lß}|| The cutting was opened last "Wife™ nesday at 8 a.m„ and has since slttfc'Jl ily maintained a scour and at ft lPfp[i||| hour yesterday afternton was site! Si six chains wide, and was roaMl! ijl strongly. It appears unlilasly titf If the cutting will block again Will 1 I the lake has reached mean sea InKi «§, The position was helped CMnsafaw*! |k ably by yesterdav's north-east «m M _ mtlm that Ministers Lad been »b««*s|M| to a system of coercion and IMP,.» granted the franchise owiag to flWfl'jf; powerful influence of *"an eiSWMIjW] section of their followers.** _ *l'|p Later the article addtd:~ - llijl|| Premier is now vainly the supporters of female fraacllljrap that the Government has all MMKIm been perfectly sincere in sis diaWf flf to give women the n«M to He would have the colony beJKgfllf that Ministers have fought gaDNNwll in the cause of wotnea. and they are at the present tie* mMk much-maligned body of men. is about the vcrv weakest parf4w» Mr Seddon could" possibly take Mij^ Forty years have seen a dsaa(|Pf m outlook on the place ol vooont to' |$ the community. The bill la«lili§J§ ; become law. •The Press"' '■•JjAj women to enrol so as to "the shrieking sisterhood"' AM|'|| having an undue influence at <*2|J,f|' tions. But. it was stated, a , **% M large number of women did •ifjfl want to vote and would **WM from having to go to tb® goltiit M booths." They would much f*J*Jwf to stay at home. However, as *M|m noisy agitators, the advocates «§ m fads and 'advanced" women ally" would not be so reS everyone was urged to enrol fi« *W»i§l elections a few months later. " J||
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20956, 9 September 1933, Page 12
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313LAKE ELLESMERE Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20956, 9 September 1933, Page 12
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