WOMEN’S LEAGUE OF UNITED PARTY
The United “Party’s Auckland Women’s League held its monthly meeting at the league’s rooms in Swanson Street on Tuesday night. Mrs. Von Sturmer presided over an excellent attendance of members. The speakers during the evening were Miss Wilson, Mrs. Ruby Watson, Mrs. Molesworth and Mrs. Slmmonds. A resolution passed by the meeting and brought forward by the Parnell division was in favour of women being taxed to assist and also being allowed to share in the benefits of unemployment insurance. The Eden division also brought forward a resolution in which was pointed out the necessity'of prolonging widows’ pensions for a further year, where, through the compulsory raising of the school age. the widow is forced to support her child for a further 12 months. Other matters discussed were open markets and the need of appointing a woman to act as co-censor with the male censor already employed by the Government.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1051, 15 August 1930, Page 4
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155WOMEN’S LEAGUE OF UNITED PARTY Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1051, 15 August 1930, Page 4
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