NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN
AND CHILD WELFARE. Dunedin, September 4. At this morning’s conference of flic Council of Women a remit was carried deploring the present examination system as applied to secondary schools, except: for-pupils intending to proceed to the University. hut supporting the suggested system of accrediting instead. Other motions carried were that a child under the age of sixteen he debarred from entering a hotel bar even if it is in its parents’ care and that children under the age of fifteen he debarred from selling sweets and papers in theatres; that a married mother should have equal rights with a father as the guardian of her child. The conference endorsed a remit from Gislmrne protesting against the publication of details of conversations hi divorce and illegal operation cases.
A remit was carried deploring the tendency to bring very young children before public as performers on the concert platform or professional stage. Tlie speaker said the doctors deplored the fact that mere infants performed before large audiences. She had known one child to be a nervous wreck for quite a time after such a performance. Dr. Emily Siedeberg described the competition festivals as a curse to childhood.
During the discussion on a. Wellington remit that the Legislature should censor sensational pictorial hoardings as well as moving pictures. Airs Afoore (Wellington) expressed the opinion that some American films should be' debarred from entry. The Hollywood stigma attached' to most of them. Afnnv thousands of pounds went to America annually the only rot urn being sensational rubbish with a demoralising effect on children’s minds. A resolution was adopted to he sent to the Premier and Ministers of Health and Education setting forth that any lowering of the qualifications for dentistry prescribed by the New Zealand University would be a menace lo public health. The conference decided also to urge that the age of consent be raised to 18.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2781, 6 September 1924, Page 3
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318NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2781, 6 September 1924, Page 3
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