WOMEN AND THE VOTE.
QUESTION FOR REFERENDUM.
MR. LLOYD-GEORGE OPPOSES.
By Itlegraph.— Association. —Copyrigtii
London, December 17. Addressing the Women's Liberal Federation, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey, said that so long as women were deprived of the vote, representation of the people would be hopelessly incomplete. ' The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd-George, declared that the Liberal party repudiated the referendum on the other questions, and, therefore, no Liberal statesman with decency could apply it to women's suffrage. A VERY SOLID ARGUMENT. THE CHANCELLOR INJURED. London, December 17. While Mr. Lloyd-George was leaving a women's meeting, a man threw a, brass-bound despatch-box at his motor car window. The Chancellor's face was injured, and he narrowly escaped losing an eye. His assailant was arrested. THE OFFENDER'S EXCUSE. (Received December 18, 10.5 p.m.) London, December 18. Mr. Lloyd-George's assailant is associated with the militant suffraI gists. He declares that he merely ! intended to break the window of the car. ; •
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19111219.2.64
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14867, 19 December 1911, Page 7
Word Count
160WOMEN AND THE VOTE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14867, 19 December 1911, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in