FRANCHISE BILL.
AGE OF VOTERS.
PROPOSAL DEFEATED
(Australian Press Association —United Service). LONDON, June 13.
In the House of Lords, in committee on the Franchise Bill, Lord Newton moved an amendment to clause one, fixing the age of new voters of both sexes at 25 years, instead of 21. Lord Newton stated that he feared the day when the Labour Party might say: “Let us take the vote from all the people above fifty and bestow it on bright young tilings of fourteen and fifteen, who have been properly schooled in Communistic principles. Tho amendment, Lord Newton added, would keep the number of voters within manageable limits. Viscount Cecil opopsed the amendment, at it would destroy the bill in his opinion. Lord Gainford stated that there was no demand for the bill. The matter should be left to the existing electorates at the general election. The Lord Chancellor urged the House not to kill the hill by passing the amendment. The amendment was negatived by 87 votes to 41.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 167, 14 June 1928, Page 7
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