The Public Look At Politics.
A Woman’s View.
JJITHERTO we have assumed that woman’s emancipation has given her an independent viewpoint, but in Christchurch we have a unique phenomenon, one worthy of the study of disciples of democracy. It is a husband and wdfe, both gifted with energetic thought, who apparently see eye to eye on general politics, on Tramway Board affairs, on Prohibition, and even on baby cars. But the public, witnessing this harmony, elected Mrs M’Combs, at yesterday’s Tramway poll, and rejected Mr M’Combs, and therefore Mrs M’Combs became the spokesman for herself and *her husband. This, then, is whither popular thought is trending. Or did the voters know 7 intuitively the ruling force in the home? It is a delicate compliment to the traditionally weaker sex, and one which Mr M’Combs will chivalrously appreciate. Or is it the hand writing on the wall? B.E.S.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19239, 28 November 1930, Page 6
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