W.C.T.U.

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 168, 6 October 1927, Page 4

W.C.T.U.

DISTRICT«CONVENTION ELECTION *OF OFFICERS At the district convention of the W.C.T.U., held in , the following resolutions were carried: ‘ That legislation tie enacted enabling women police to be employed in New Zealand.” “That legislation be introduced allowing of the setting up of women’s courts to deal with questions of maintenance, etc.” “That a six-day week of eight hours a day be instituted for hospital nurses, and that thiis be placed on the Statute Book at the earliest possible date.” “That the Government be urged to set up committees of inquiry to deal with mental defectives and sexual offenders.” “The inclusion of women on juries.” “That men in gaol for failure to comply with maintenance orders be immediately employed at a remunerative rate so that their dependants may receive the consideration necessary for their welfare.” “That any motor driver convicted of drunkenness be placed under a prohibition order, and that on a second offence .his licence be cancelled for at least 12 months.” “That newspapers be prohibited from reporting cases where mentally unbalanced mothers have committed infanticide.”’ “That a stricter censorship of films be instituted.” “That in the opinion of this convention it would be in the best interests of child welfare in New Zealand that the child welfare branch of the Education Department should be separated from the Education Department and become a separate and distinct department under an officer directly responsible to the Minister in charge.” “That this meeting of the W.C.T.U. expresses the belief that the present system of compulsory military training is the main cause of the existence of the military spirit, manifested in the community, especially in the minds of the young, and constitutes the greatest hindrance to the cause of peace. It would therefore urge its branches and its individual members to use all their influence, and to work unceasingly for the abolition of the same, and the institution of compulsory physical training in its place.” Mrs. T. E. Taylor, Dominion president, delivered a most illuminating address, embracing the aims and objects of the cause. She also spoke on the activities of women in civic life in various countries throughout the world, enlarging on the immensity and dignity of the work carried on for the uplift of humanity. The liquor question, embracing the two-issue ballotpaper, was also dealt with at length by Mrs. Taylor, who concluded with a treatise on the effect of alcohol on heredity. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—District president, Mrs. N. S. Benfell (re-elected unanimously); vice-president, Mrs. M. ‘.Finch (re-elected); corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. Williams (re-elected): recording secretary, Miss L. M. Read (Mrs. H. Kaspar declined renomination); treasurer, Mrs. W. Taylor; district president of the Band of Hope and Y. work, Mrs. K. Kaspar; district president of the Peace and Arbitration departments. Mrs. Judson; district president of the School of Methods, Mrs. Williams; superintendent of the Cradle Roll, Mrs. Chandler. If you don’t smell castor-oil you don’t taste it. Prove this by plugging the nostrils with cotton-wool which las been dipped in eau-de-Cologne. When boiling corned beef, no matter how fat it is, always add one tablespoon each of dripping, sugar and vinegar: they greatly improve the flavour.