WOMEN'S NATIONAL COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 196, 14 May 1919, Page 4

WOMEN'S NATIONAL COUNCIL

ANNUAL. MEETING; , . The. annual meeting of the Wellington Branch of tho Women's National Council was held in St. John's Schoolroom last evening. Miss England (president) occupied tho chair. In the course of tho report of the year's work emphasis,was laid upon the fact that, the council did .not lay claim to powers for interfering , in any way with the. organisations affiliated to it;''its object was .solely to unite all societies of women for mutual counsel and co-opsrafion, in order that should occasion arise it might provide tho menna by which the women constituting those societies might make their voice heard and present a united front on all matters in whicli Ihcy wish to take concerted action. In these- post-war .days, when social problems. of all kinds re-, quired attention, it was most important that women should have fiome means by which they.could take combined-ac-tion end consult together upon making reforms. • ■■ The council's work this past year had included the holding of monthly meetings, at which lectures had been given to which all women had been invited. Papers' were read upon the following subjects:—"lnfluence of the Houie Mid Social Education on Child AVelfare,' by Miss P. Myers; "The Hecou.itruction,of the Home," and "Women and Post-war Problems," by Mr.?. ILarverson; "Proportional Hcpretseiitation," !>y Miss Lyra Tavlor; "Prison lleform," by Airs. Beck. 'i'ho political action taken during the year was confined to uniting the joint letten sent by all (he branches m the Dominion to the' National Lxecutive of Great Britain, urging that the question of the nationalisation of married women be brought before the Imperial ..Conference, sitting in London, and that the conference bs asked so to legislate that women shall not.be deprived ot their nationality on marriage unless they so wish; and secondly, to representation on the deputation which wailed un hir irniicis Bell in .December, to protest .igninst tlio action of tho Legislative Oα'™'','" ihrowin" out the amendment lo tho Jlill whicli "would' have, made women oli"i]>!e for election to Parliament. The report made reference to the. affiliation of the Soft G«kls Employees'-Union, which ioined in 'July,, the first «t In? women's industrial unions to ■do _<,«. Another large society of women to winch |he president wbs deputed to «»tai.i ll« aims of the council was the Presbyterian Youn" Women's Bible Class Union, wnicn •h,w branches thrqiwhout the DoTiiimon ard ft very large lneniberslup of abl« women.' This society Jias since wnrtni civiii" that the question ot nnilialwn uul U' coiKidert-d by Uieiruext coiueioiice. The executive -has lost throe able niein-.bei-fl during Che y<ja(—ili*s Jl. Mcnoils, Mi« Crabb. and Mrs.- Hnrvereon. The report ml balance-slieet were of olficcrs resulted as follo\v*~Presiuenl. AiiSs Coad; ili-uts, Mi---. Cliiipmiin, iirs. AtU.n.-viiii, Mi= M-Donald.'iiud .Miss hnglanii; cm re=ponniiig-i«-.ret,n-y, Mws Lyra laylov, iniuate SL-cieiiiry and treasurer, Miss ' The'business of tho merlin'.disposed of, -Mrs. H'aiicci , , prcsirienl i-f the tiisuiiriie hniicn <>t ihe \Vomen's National (.oiiiunl. gave a brief sk.-tc.h of the work achi««.n iiv the W.CT.Li. auiferencc.hi.'ld m i\i. u'ier recently, at which she was, i<r«-^'m j.thoiigh net us "a dwegulc, Mrs. \\a..;r L simk; of the- various/ nwluti.n.s whiuh li-id been I'.asv.i at this co:ivenliui. i which lJnv« '.iro.dy bee, pub!,,,,.,;; «.„. Inkon in the nmll'Ci's dealt w va. pai ticuliu'iy by Hie, younger mcmbci-j. 'ho , of im' WX.'l.li. n;r .»H Nw Zealand was about m, «»<J '■>"": '»',"'' bevs. sfuilifd many, subjifw i.ffeiihis tic life of the lii'i'li" , . l'«t »"■ wu.rl< for thn children ;uid .ic homes ot ! the nt-op'.e did m>l within the lour wills of those homco. .Miiun;; Hie mi:iifc'ts which wH-w dealt will) vore so.ciiii iv-ieiie scientific temporalis, lefcal and )-.iriiiimonlarv mailers, liome scieni'p. Hiut-ition. n-lMvnhtoi'y work e.c. /.lie plutl'orm of Hie lnshtuth pt l.d.icnKin ~„! their i.i.i.ii.!et<;; sympathy .as :il«> did i tho aims of the 'Inwn-.t laiKHij,: ConKi , - i in& which Wi.s lo «it t.-!ioi-1..y. 'llui \V C' T U was iiis" very ui.hui.iiurearms i'nr t!u< siio|i assistants ar.d hni! passccfeevcral rcsululious in tin, ciiuicb"i'vote of Ihhiiks to Mrs. Walker for her addiws'wiw- Passed,.. . .