... control of the liquor traffic and woman suffrage. He ensured the passage of the first measure of local option to reach 1“« New Zealand Statute Book, and helped to carry the Bill for the enfranchisement of women. Sir Robert’s return to Parliament in 1893 ...

... containing the germ of growth and capaole of developing the civic responsibilities of ordinary men and women, For this reason and becanse British men and women care intensely for personal liberty, for freedom of speech and of the press, it is not likely that ...