THE SUFFRAGETTES

Southland Times, Issue 17306, 31 March 1913, Page 6

THE SUFFRAGETTES

ADDRESSES BY MISSES HODGE AND NEWCOMB. The Amethyst Hall was full to overflowing yesterday afternoon when Misses Hodge and Newcomb delivered addresses on ‘‘The Women's Suffrage Movement in England.” The Mayor (Mr W. B. Scandrett) presided. The speakers followed on the lines of the interview with Miss reported in Saturday's issue. Incidentally, scathing reference was made to the attitude of the Rt. Hon. John Burns, who it was said, when he was one of the foremost leaders in the Labour movement, was noted for his window-smashing, and other law-breaking proclivities. The action of Mr John Redmond and the Nationalist Party in opposing the Women’s Suffrage movement in Parliament, as a matter of expediency, was also severely criticised. The speakers were emphatic regarding the earnestness of tjie women at the head of the movement, who, they said, were willing, if necessary, to die for the cause, and there would be no let up or pause until the political disabilities of women were removed. They also dealt at some length'with the evils of the white slave traffic. The speakers were accorded an attentive and sympathetic hearing, and at the conclusion of their addresses the following resolution, proposed- by the Mayor, was carried unanimously:—“ That this meeting cordially thanks Miss Hodge and Miss Newcomb for their interesting and Instructive addresses, expresses • the hope that the statesmen of Britain will see their way to grant to the women of the United Kingdom ,the same right to vote as is enjoyed by the men, which they think will be beneficial to the inhabitants of the British I'sles.”