IMPERIAL POLITICS.
ADULT SUFFRAGE. 4 , Vndted Preas Asaoointion—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright _ , . LONDON, November 8, xveplying to a manhood suffrage deputatiaa, Mr Aequith eaid that a man's m Vo^e upended on his citiaenship. _ The rational course would be to •woiaui the present qualification a and jpve every citizen who was a Jbona fide inhabitant the franchise Ptomatioallv. A simple Bill would be ,ro £u«xl hi 1912 with that object. 6 Bill would not include women, but would be open to the House of Commons to Include women if it pleased. astonishment is expressed in the lobby at the declaration. It is Understood that the Government contemplated a six months' residential qualification. Sir Philip Snowden declares that Mr jAsquith's action is a clever move to ltiH women's suffrage. The Women's Political Union threatens to invert to an anti-Government |>alioy.
1 NEW -CABLE. 1 i LONDON, November 8. ~A Bill relating to another cable from Sydney to New Zealand was read a septal time in the House of Lords.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10305, 9 November 1911, Page 1
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