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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4289, 29 September 1882, Page 2

The Hon. Mr Diclc spoke aVa Pres'by- : terian soiree yesternight. r j At a meeting of ministers re the Contagious Diseases Act there was great diversity of -opinion -as ..to the merits or demerits of the Act, and methods which should be adop.ted.tto stamp out the social evil. A resolution was unanimously carried to tfie!effect*thaEt 'it'was'desirable •to^ostponiß. the b.r.iqginji. r of the Act into operation, tihtil fresh legislation could be initiated W tfie nTakinglthe.. provisions, of the act applicable to offeh> ders % both rsixes, At, tfie" outset'- a proposal was thrown out to sign a peti.ion against the act, but the bulk of those present hairing attended to discuss the question, not to register foregone conclusions, were not disposed to do this. Some of the speakers deprecated the action taken by. ladies during the past week as familiarisibjij women; in ; hundreds' bf! households with phraseology, thoughts, and matters regarding which they would otherwise .have, gone f to Jtheir, gr*Tes in imercifuUignorance. I f\ ■*■ f ■ )