THE PREFERENTIAL VOTE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 22, 20 October 1917, Page 9

THE PREFERENTIAL VOTE

Sydney, October , 10. ■ i In ttie State- Assembly Mr. LautfbUn j has Riven notice of a motion providing , for' the introduction of preferential rot- . ing. •' ;

Two women weavers were married-on the same day, and each had declared her intention of not returninp to mill life, but their husbands thought different, and the two brides were back on .heir three looms in u tew dayfi. Mary LUen. struck a grand idea. Going home- one evening she began to cry and her hus- „ band asked the reason. She refused to sav. He insisted, and she said: Its von o'erlooker. He keeps winkin' »t me" "What!" cried the husband. AVinkin" at thec? Thee stop a-whoam, lase \« con keep thee. Aw'il break that nion's neck." Mary Ellen explained the wheeze to her friend barah, who tried it on with her husband. There she snt a-weepinß when her husband came home mi evening or two.later.. .."What'a \it> wi' Hire?" he asked. "Aw dxinno like f tell thee," she sobbed. "Eawt . with it," ho demanded. "Well, Me joil o'erlookinß; lie keeps winkin' at me, "Oh, is that a , ? Well, lass, thee winfe back, an , he'll g\' Ihoe another loom."