WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 213, 9 March 1914, Page 3

WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.

I lIKRIO AND ELSKWHEUK. AN ADDRESS AT THE W.C.T.U. (lisbornc, March (i. The outstanding feature of the sessimi of the W.C.T.U. was an address by Mrs Field, of Nelson, on the white slave traffic. "1 wonder," said Mrs Field, "does the history of the world Jiold anything worse, in all we read of its savagery and eannibali.sm, its brutalities, and inhumanities "! Can anything equal tin white sktve traffic of this twentieth century? After two thousand years of Christianity in the most Christian country in the world, thousands and thousands of young girls are stolen and bought and sold into the most awful slavery. Young and often refined girls are entrapped and held in bondage. Think what it must mean to sillier such nameless indignities, and we, Christian women, have never lost a night's sleep as' we thought of them. We read and hear of it, and we sometimes fear that it may happen to those wo know and love, but, of the others—those that we do not know —how much do we care? If we women of the Dominion truly car-jd these things need not be. They exist because of our indifference. How many of ns have raised our voices against even what is termed a 'double standard ot morality' for men and women? "Every year, in every large city A the civilised world, thousands of gins are forced unwillingly into this life—i life so awful that, in some cases, they only live a year, in others two years or more, but seldom as much as seven years. And yet tho price of an Englisi girl is from £3O to £2OO. Do you wonder how it pays?" The speaker here read statistics bearing on the subject, and then went on to forcefully describe the horrible conditions alleged to bepr:scnt in Paris, New Y<rk, in the Frcieii colonies, in South America, awl the Con tincul. STATEMENTS REFUT.ED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Saturday. Superintendent Kiely, ollicer in charge of the Auckland police district, says that there is not an atom of evidence to support the statement made by Mrs. Field, at the annual meeting of the W.C.T.U., that an organised system is at work in this country for recruiting girls to the under-world. Referring to particulars of instances quoted by Mrs. Field, the superintendent said a few cases to which a certain amount of suspicion was.attached had been reported to the police, but in none of them ha 9 there been an atom of evidence to show the existence of white slavery. Superintendent Kiely added: ''l can say without hesitation that so far as Auckland i« concerned there is not a vestige of truth in the assertion. I can also say with almost as much confidence that .white slavery is unknown in N T ew Zealand." Your photograph will please them all —some of your friends have been expecting one for a long time—don't be satisfied with one taken year. ago. just as you are to-day, in your everyday attire. Having your portrait taken is as pleasant as an informal call on good friends. Make an appointment to-day with Mr. McAlister, Stratford. lOightsticks of dark llavdock tobacco for Gs; eight sticks of Derby, 6s; eight 2oz tins Ilaveloek, 7s (Id; eight 2oz tins Derby, 7s fid. These are specimen prices from Stan. Sharp's stock of smokers' requisites. Next liollriiijjev'a, Stratford. There is no questioning the fact that "The Kash" is the best place in Stratford for men to supply their clothing and mercery wants. Quality and price toll their own unequalled story in favor of the store. TAKE XO OTHER. "For nine years 1 suffered with a liver disorder and tried numerous medicines, obtaining verv little relief," writes Miss Esther J. Coles, Major's Creek, N.S.W. "After taking Chamberlain's Tablets regularly for a fortnight F found 1 was greatly benefited, and am now completely restored to health. My fall;"-, who is 71), is an invalid and is troubled with constipation, but has obtained the greatest benefit from Chamberlain's Tablets. Rather than use any other medicine we have often sent inlo l'.raidwiind. that is twenty miles away, for Chamberlain's Tablets.'" All chemists and storekeepers. Kodak and all Kodak Supplies from the Davici Pharmacy—where the Kodaks are