W.C.T.U. CONVENTION.
TEE MIKSS ASSOCIATION*. Gbevmouth, March 20. The twenty-first annual convention of the New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union began its session to-day. A large number of delegates were present from all over the Colony, Resolutions were passed protesting , strongly against tho employment jof barmaids, as a practice fraught with evil to young women and those frcqucntiug hotels; that tho Premier be urged to introduce a Bill raising the ; age of protection to twenty-one years. The convention desires to enter a strong protest against tho continued delay in tho repeal of the C. D. Act, also that a pormissive Bill be passed providing protection for youug persons, by arranging for the fining of guardians, whose children are found loitoring ou the street at . uight without sufficient reason; this conference views with dismay the . dangers arising from the issues of . licenses to grocers, and urges the Unions to bring pressure to bear upon the Licensing Bouoh. with a view to their abolition. The delegates were welcomed at afternoon tea by tho ladies of the town and a most enjoyable time was
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8064, 21 March 1906, Page 2
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181W.C.T.U. CONVENTION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8064, 21 March 1906, Page 2
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