W.C.T.U
Per Press Association. Auckland, March 17. The Yv.C.T.U. passed resolutions advocating the raising of the age of consent, deploring the inculcation of the spirit of militarism in young people, advocating removal of disabilities on women in the Legislature and in the Factory Acts and popularly elected boardsMor'the control of institutions for the care of men, •women and children; abolition of the time limit for proceedings for criminal offences against girls. The Minister of Education was held free of blame in respect to the management of Te Oranga Home. Officers were elected as follows : President, Mrs Coles; corresponding secretary, Miss Webb; secretary, Miss Powell; treasurer, Miss McCarthy ; vice-president at large, Mrs Atkinson.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9098, 18 March 1908, Page 8
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112W.C.T.U Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9098, 18 March 1908, Page 8
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