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opinion. And as yet no public opinion had been created on the subject, and so a great opportunity was lost. One can hardly regret it, viewed in the light of future events. It was meet and right that the work begun by Mrs Müller should be continued and completed by women. Already an organisation had been formed which was to call into existence an irresistible demand by women for more liberty. The Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand had been established, and, in spite of many sneers, women were learning to act in concert and to fit themselves for wider duties.