PRIN€E  GEORGE   STAR.
Correspondence
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Women Voters
Editor Star—British Columbia has come abreast of the times and given women the right to vote. It is a credit to the men of B.C. thai this is so j The responsibility for using that
vote wisely and well now lies! the political affairs they have with the women and they have I been noising about these last 50 a power which can greatly re- years* but, joking apart, is there tapdor greatly further prog- any reason under the sun why capacity just-at present in this all voters of one party should new state of affairs as to how' net meet in common and on their best to   inform  themselves   oil!level?
political   matters.     Some,   but!    What   I   have   seen in other| ress. Many women feel their in- J places  where  the  women  had not many, have taken an inter-{the vote   was   some   kind of a eat in affairs at Victoria as the non-partisan  league,  where no
is a voter, man or woman, and in any political party where all voters do not sit together and deliberate there is bound to be misunderstanding. In fact, I cannot perceive why there should be two gatherings for the same purpose. Of course, I know the shy nature of our Prince George men, (especially the married ones), or it may be that some of them hate to let the women find out how little they really do know about
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men folks have, but the majority only know that their husbands or brothers are  Liberals,
fixed party affiliations were made, where papers were read by those better  informed, and
Conservatives or Socialists and '-candidates and  speakers were that everything the other party I invited to place their views be-
iloes is always wrong! If I may may be so bold," Mr. Editor, I would like to point out to the fair sex that now is the time to
fore their- socieiy for its information. 1 hope I do not need to say that I intend nothing slighting or personal in my re-
will open your columns for further discussion on the subject. A Mere Mas.
avoid the mistakes of the past, marks; but the matter is impor-and it is easier to get into a po- jtant at this time and I trust litical rut than to get out of it. If the ladies feel that a certain party merits their support, by all means let, them join that party and support it—bnt not as a separate organization, or before wŁ know we shall have two rival camps in each party, and several antagonistic female societies further beclouding the issues which are before the electorate. There is no gender in; voting. In the ballot box a voter
Will Draft Pensions Bill For Canada
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Ottawa, April 16. -The work of drafting the pensions bill, which will be introduced during the next session of parliament, is being rapic^y proceeded with by W. F. Nickle, M.P., who has the matter in hand, at the request of Sir Thomas White minister of finance. A*thorough study of pension systems generally has been made by Mr. Nickle, assisted by Kenneth Archibald, ~K-.C, counsel for the commission in charge of the problem. These, two men have just returned from a visit to Washington, where the working-of the system now'in fora in the United States was gone into.
Through thc*N courtesy of the officials in Washington, who gave every ;issistmice possible to making the trip fulfil the end desired, Mr. Nickle arid Mr. Archibald obtained a thorough' insight in to the administration of pensions in the United States and obtained many ideas which will probably prove of value in drafting the legislation to lie adopted in Canada.
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