"FOR WOMEN ELECTORS ONLY."

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 112, 7 November 1908, Page 5

" FOR WOMEN ELECTORS ONLY."

» A NIGHT OUT FOR THE FAIR SEX. TE^)RANGA HOME DISCUSSED. [BT TXLBOBAFH. — PBXSS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, This Day. A meeting advertised "for women electors only was held at St. George's Hall, Grey Lynn, last night, and drew a full house. Three policemen were stationed V* the door, preventing the entry of any of tho mascuKne sex. Mrs. Niccol, wno had convened the meeting to express her views on the Te Oranga, Home incident, and St. Helens Hospital, said that in regard to Te Oranga she did not blame the Minister or heads of Departments who did not know what was going on. Mrs. Nicoll had not got much further before the meeting was in 3, state of disorder. One woman was /standing on a seat demanding to be heard, while two hundred women were on their feet at one time, many interjecting and clamouring for a hearing. Mrs. Nicoll moved ;— ■ "That the, present matron of Te Oranga Home is not a< fit ajid proper person to hold that office, and we call upon the Government to dismiss her." By this time nearly the whole audience was standing. Mrs. Gibson mounted the stage and moved: — "That this meeting has every contidence that on the completion of Te Oranga Home buildings the Minister for Education will carry out the recommendation in Mr. Bishop's report, and make the necessary improvements." Fully half those present voted "for the amendment, only one or two hands be,ing shown against it. Instead of declaring the amendment carried, Mrs. Nicoll put her motion, and tne voting being about even, she declared the moSon carried. Cheers for Mr. Fowlds, and countercheers for Mr. Nicholson, were lustily given, and the meeting dispersed.