W. T. C. U. CONVENTION.
SOME DRASTIC PROPOSITIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Tinitirii, March 2(7. The W.C.T.U. Convention te-day discussed some reports and parsed many resolutions, among them being the following: That an effort be made to raise £1001) for a Y.M.C.A. Hutment at the front. That Dr. Newman and othet' members be thanked for blocking the compulsory clauses of the Social Hygiene Bill. That the time has arrived when a man r.nd woman should produce a medical certificate before ,a marriage certificate wast issued. That a criminal offence i-.gainst girls of tender years should ibe oonsidered as : "'unnatnrar' as anotTence r.srainst boys. That two women should j be appointed to assist in the censorship !of einema films. Among the other imJ provements it was also suggested that i the electoral law should [>rcrvide for the | election of women to the House of Re- [ presentatives. i :
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19180322.2.30
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1918, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
145W. T. C. U. CONVENTION. Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1918, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in