FROST AND FRANCHISE.

NZ Truth, Issue 580, 29 July 1916, Page 4

FROST AND FRANCHISE.

But the Franchise Wai no Frost.

j A country of proirre«» J« Iceland. I After bolnc for flvo and a half conturlod an obscuro dopendoncy of D«nmark, m IS? 4 it wan yrunied Horao Rule, una began at onco to shako oiT iha lethargy of ugo«. ! It wan not, howovcr, unlit 1004 that Iceland obtained a really frt>o Uon»tJu>lion. Hlnco ihon it )m« inude remarkable usa of ltH ttclf-governine opi>ortursiiloH. It huj< sruiH<«l ttio frunchi«o to Ita women, m both male ««d munlcJpftJUy, und to-day Iw frowi-bound atmottphoro m vimiißttd with tho br«ath of » two* 4t>XQ<H dcHJoerufy.