W.C.T.U. CONFERENCE
By Tclegraph.-Press Association. Timaru, March 18. A resolution passed to-day by the W.C.T.TJ. Convention, based on the figures of the Minister of Health (2071 illegitimate births in five years), demanded, the raising of the age of consent to 21- years, the extension cf the time limit for laying a criminal information, and the abolition of the plea of. belief that the girl was of the age of consent as a palliation of an offence. At a temperance rally • on Sunday evening 52 new members were enrolled.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 154, 19 March 1918, Page 3
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88W.C.T.U. CONFERENCE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 154, 19 March 1918, Page 3
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