These figures ought to convince us that women are not as indifferent about politics as some people would have us believe.

In New Zealand as a whole, the estimated adult female population was 139,915; of these 109,461 qualified and registered their names on the rolls 78.23 per cent.

of the whole.

Of these, 90,290 went to the polls and voted--85.18 per cent.

Do men ever turn out better than that--in America or elsewhere?
Here is a remark to the other sex's credit, too--I take it from the official report: "A feature of the election was the orderliness and sobriety of the people.