DELEGATES TO WORLD CONVENTION

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 5, 1 June 1947, Page 3

DELEGATES TO WORLD CONVENTION

We note from the last number of the "Union Signal" that among delegates •xpccted at the World Convention aretwo from Korea, five from China, tw-o from India, two from Australia, two from New Zealand one from Columbia, two from Sweden, one or more from Cuba, fifty from England, twelve from i :otland and ten from Ireland. News of »ther countries to be represented arrives c* cry day. Mrs. Boole says: "Pray tor the Convention, and God’s guidance in all our planning.”

W OMEN IN THE NEWS WOMEN CABINET MINISTERS It is good to note that women are more and more coming into their own in public life. The hill has been steep to climb, but the crest is being reached. In Australia, the first woman Cabinet Minister has been appointed in Mrs. Cardil-Oliver, ML.A., of Western Australia. and we are glad to know that Miss Mabel Howard, ot Christchurch, Member for Sydenham, has also received this honour. Mrs. Cardell-Obver will have the portfolio for Education and Health, and it is exacted that Miss Howard’s department will be ?? The first woman Cabinet Minister to be a, jointed in England was Miss Margaret Bondtield, Minister for Labour fm the Ramsay McDonald Labour Government. Miss Ellen Wilkinson, whose death occurred recently, held Cabinet rat.k as Minister for Education.