HIP-FLASK DRINKING TALES EXAGGERATED

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 434, 16 August 1928, Page 8

HIP-FLASK DRINKING TALES EXAGGERATED

AMERICAN DELEGATES TO WOMEN’S CONGRESS ASSURE AUSTRALIANS (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) Reed. noon. HONOLULU, Wednesday. The Australian delegates to the Women’s Pan-Pacific Congress eagerly questioned the Americans about the effects of prohibition in the United States, whose representatives declared that prohibition had noticeably benefited the working classes. They said the reports about the socalled “hip-flask drinking” among young people were grealy exaggerated. During a business session of the congress Mrs. Britomart James, representing the Victorian Federation of Women Voters, paid a tribute to the memory of the late President Wilson as the sponsor of the League of Nations and the friend of womankind. She said the greatest memorial a man could have was the League. Dr. Mildred Staley, of Auckland, characterised the League as a gesture of friendship among the nations, by means of which each might solve its problems. Other New Zealand delegates said that the country needed women in its legislative bodies. Mrs. Denton Leech, of Dunedin, secretary of the League of Nations Union, suggested the training of women for Parliament through local government agencies. Mrs. Rischbeith said the prejudice against women in politics was still [ strong in Australia.