DOMINIONS AND THE WAR

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 10 September 1917, Page 7

DOMINIONS AND THE WAR

WAR TIME ELECTIONS AC?. CANADIAN GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS. and N.Z. Cable Association) OTTAWA, September 7. ~'•!> Meighcn has introduced the War Tii.'e Eleet'oiis Act, providing for the d.i ; /i';:iirhjsci!!i'i!t- of alien.': of ei;emy origin naturalised since 11102, and enfranchising the wife, mother, sisters, and daughters of soldiers. The Bill was criticised because it made an illogical distinction between women witli relatives in (he Army and other,.nomen ecnally patriotic. Mr Mciglien justified the disfrancliircmcnt of aliens, and quoted the precedent created by Aust:'".!ia prior to its elections.