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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1922.
EQUAL CITIZENSHIP,
Women and the Coming
Blection.
NATION OF HOUSE- OWNERS
How Tenant & Ländlord
Would Benefit. T
According to a long-standing arrangement Mr. Lloyd Georga Sir Kingsley Wood's statement) recently received deputation on the Rant Restriction Act is organised by the National Union satisfactory to many tenants, of Societies for Equa! Citizenship, writes a correspondent, but our who desire to present a memorial numerical inferiority in houses is signed by over 220 m-mbers of only one phase of the question.
The fact is that both landlord | Parliament, and a large number of nationally-organised associations, and tenant are discontented, ** be asking that before the General says, "but it ought to be possibia Election is hold legislation shall to satisfy both by facilitating the be passed giving women the vote purchase of houses by the pay. ment of rent. Tenants grumble
on the same terms as men.
The Face for the Champions Sweepstakes attracted caly nixe starrers, but all beki a chanco and each was ridden by a well-qualified and popular jockey says the 3. (*. X. Fres From the start, the pace was fairly fast and steady Old Bill, after jumping away at the start, relinquishing the lead to Ajax and being content to he well placed as second Hallowe'en, Christmas Card, and Salvation were the next in order to the two leaders for the At present the principal diffar-at the higher rents, the landlords first three quarters of a mile, but ence in respect of voting power is, wail because the increase in their at the hali-mile poss Castle Sycee of course, that of age, avery tents is eaten up by repairs and and Hallowe'en had taken third and man of full age being entitled to taxation. fourth positions.
Now why are thousands of Rounding the vote if not legally incapacitated, end inter the home straight, Castle while women without legal in-landlords and tenants prevented Syvee went up frst, closely followed capacity must reach the age of from coming to rent purchase thirty before being entitled to vote. agreements at the present time? by Mareshold and Salvation. A fur-That distinction was decided upon I answer, because many reliable long from home the issue was beyond by Parliament when the last occupiers cannot put down £50 doubt, as Maresfeld. travelling Franchise Act was passed, chiefly for £100 deposit.
from fear that, if voting was on **If the State would back thrifty equal terms, women through ex-tenants in this matter-peopla cass of numbers would swamp the are being helped to acquire Sar- ings Certificates by local societies votes of men.
There is the further difference-much of the present tension that whereas a man may vote at would disappear.
LANDLORD'S BURDEN OF General Election in the consti tuency in which he resides, and in
REPAIRS,
splendid style, went well shead, while Castle Syree dropped back Salvation and Nationalist then chal lenged
Bill and eventually Old passed him, a good race for places resulting im Salvation gaining second honours, three lengths be hind Maresfeld, with Nationalist
another in which he carries on "I allude to the present burden third, another hall-length away, Old business (that being the chief of repairs for two reasons-the Sycee th
Christmas Gift, surviving relic of plural voting). price is constant worry to the well-backed pony, was never promina woman may vote in aoly one owner, and the tenant is in many Bill fourth close up, and Castle constituency unless she has a cases a handy fellow who could eat during the race and was last University qualification, in which do all that is necessary and save
A General:be expense. almost throughout until its stable-case she may at
"But you cannot expect the companior Christmas Card resigned Election vote in the University the penultimate position in selection also. On the other hand, tenant to repair and embellish s favour. Maresfeld's time for the the disqualification of a conscienhouse in which he has no property
was more than two seconds tious objector does not extend to interest.
"Let the Government contione Clearly the chief worse than he accomplished in the his wife. Autumn Cup on the opening day, grievance is that of age, the its splendid work of welding the but colder weather and the Berther-question being repeatedly asked nation together by applying the ly wind, which was against a fasts on general grounds is a principle of reat-parchasa. Wa
man and not a woman qualified want more tenant-owners final quarter, lave to be taken in
to vote at twenty-one?
fewer farmers of streets. consideration..
want men to be induced to take greater pride in their homes.
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VILLON DEFEATS MONAHAN.
There is reason to believe that since Parliament granted votes to women in 1918 the feeling of members on the age question has
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"I am sure that both landlords and tenants would be grateful if
73. undergone considerable change. the bitterness of to-day could be Thus, in March last. Lord Robert removed by L equitable Cecil asked for leave to introduce system of rest purchase."-Daily}
a Bill to extend the suffrage to Chronicle.
terms oo the same
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IN THE EAST.
A Question Difficult of Solution.
men. In the result, leave was PROFESSIONAL BEGGING granted by the very substantial majority of 208 voles to 60: but no progress could be made during the session, though the| Bill was backed not only by The beggar problem in the East Lord Robert Cecil, but by Major is one that will always be with us. Hills (Clitionist), Sir D. Mac Thus the Kangoon Times: Thom lean and Mr. Aneurin Williams is much food for reflection in the Liberals), Mr. Anderson (Labour), statistics given in the Press com. and Viscountess Astor and Mrs (monique anent Rangoon's beg Wintringham.
gars. Although the Census enum- Another point to note is that [erators appear to bave been rather although in some constituancies, lax in recording the acts desired, such as Cheltenham, Chelses, and yet the results achieved are prob Hastings, men and women voters ably quite near to accuracy. closely approximate in numbers | We have drawn attention on (in the Montrose Burghe, indeed. Inumber of occasions in this col women are in the majority), there jums to the blight of the beggar have is still on the whole a great dis-cult in Rangoon, and wa proportion between men and consistently urged deportation for women voters. The Census Report those beggars who are not really issued last year, for instance, inhabitants of Burma. We have contained figures for England and falso suggested other stringent Wales alone, which may be set measures for dealing with this ouitbus:-
public naisauce, But we fail to Males. Females. so much improvement, and the Lightweight Championship of Population 18,082,220 19.803.02 same impostors are to be seen in
the East.
10.182.617..... 7,475,104 | the axme haunts which they in- Fighting with bulldog tenacity' The population, of cour, in variably favour. and forcing the milling from the for all ages, while the number of opening gong until the end of the voters is governed by the law-BETTING AMONG WOMEN. last round, Macario Vilion de votes for men at 21 and for wo- cisively defeated Jerry Monahan, men at 30. But until the more on November4. thereby regaining detailed Census returns are prb the lightweight crown of the lished it will be impossible to say 1Orient. reports the Manila how many men and women re gambling is rifa aming the work-
Bulletin.
spectively have to-day strained ing women of Marchester and The battle was furious and the age of 21, or what thefort finds plenty of support sensational from start to Enish numerical balance between amon: social wo kems and leader [of women's cigáni-atioon,says the and the way Villon fought his the sexes really is.
the top in the closing Certain it is that at the n-1'] M. urhester Guritian. Moreover, rounds, simply showed his iron General Election there will be ther is & toisenus of opinion determination to turn the tables many more wooran candidates that the practice is spreading, and on his former conqueror. Villon than in 1918. At the last appesthat women are only laying betr had the best of the argument in to the country sixteen women br, in some instances, are taking no less than nine rounds while stood as candidates, and although thm, either as bookmakers them- Jerry took four rounds only.
oot one of them succeeded. Lady Ives or as the agents of male! Monahan was introduced at Astor and Mrs. Wintringham bookmakers, 132 lbs. while Villon tipped the scales at 129 lbs.
Way to
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SHARKS OFF BRITISH COAST.
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Canon Green's statement that
since bepe *turned. The f-mile "tout" is sometimes The Million Shilling Fard or the keeper of the general stores ganised by the Women's Election "on the corner. She may be s Committee to enable apuroren werker in a factory bandling bets candidates of all the fron the women workers, but recognised political parties in quite often she is a woman Parliament to present themselves who divides her time between a convenient before the electoral, with at les public-house and
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s good chance of success antry where she takes up a stand men, is understood to have made to receive the slips and, the six- good progress. Apart from that, pences. the principal parties are them.
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