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 action. Previous to the session of 1893, large and enthusiastic meetings were held in the principal towns, and the enfranchisement of women became the topic of the day. There was ground for hope, too. in the fact that twelve new members had been called to the Legislative Council. As the Government had incorporated the principle of Woman Suffrage in its Electoral Bill, it might fairly be supposed that the new Legislative Councillors would be staunch supporters of the Government measure in its entirety. Too much dependence, however, was not placed on this supposition, and the W.C.T.U. and the Franchise Leagues worked on without intermission until the assembling