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Outlines of Women's Franchise
importance, was entitled to the thanks of every thinking person in the Colony. Mr Reeves was in favour of Woman Suffrage, but doubted the expediency of granting it all at once. He announced himself to be a half-loaf man, and advocated restricting the franchise to women over 21 years of age who had passed the matriculation examination of the University. Mr Ballance, as might have been expected, spoke strongly in favour. He had for many years believed in the absolute equality of the sexes and had striven to give them the enjoyment of equal privileges in political matters. He wanted to know why they could not all be whole loaf men, as if it were right to
