WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.
A SYDNEY PROTEST.
BY CIBLE—PRESS ABSOCIATION-^€OPYBTGHT. MELBOURNE, Mar 13. The Women's Political Organisation asked Mr Fisher to cable a protest against Mr Lewis Harcourt (Secretary of State for the Colonies) publicly opposing the women's franchise. They urged that as a representative of the colonies in the Imperial Cabinet he ought not to expound hostility to an accepted law in Australia. Mr Fisher replied that he could not interfere with politicians, who were free to determine their attitude upon public questions.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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82WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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