WOMEN'S COURTS.
PROPOSAL IN THE HOUSE. MORE JUDGES WANTED, By Telegraph.—Preg» Association. Wellington, Last Night. The House of Representatives to-day went into committee of supply to further consider the Estimates, and the first item taken was the Justice Department ( £657,551). Mr. Wilford urged the establishment of Women's Courts in New Zealand, and larger allowances for Judges, who were over-worked. 'He considered more Judges should be appointed. The Minister sympathised with I'-.e idea of Women's Courts. He would also consider how the work of t.lic Arbitration Court could be facilitated.
On the subject of, prisons administration, Mr. JTraser expressed the hope that a more scientific dietary would be provided for prisoners, and that a more efficient medical examination would be instituted. At present, lie said, medical examination was a farce.
Discussing the employment of prisoners, the Minister said he was not in favor of long spells of work of one class for prisoners, such as tree planting or planting sand dunes. Work which did not interest prisoners was not calculated to do them good. A monotony of employment had to "be guarded against.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1920, Page 5
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182WOMEN'S COURTS. Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1920, Page 5
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