RESOLUTIONS PASSED at DOMINION CONVENTION at TIMARU

White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 3, 1 April 1949, Page 2

RESOLUTIONS PASSED at DOMINION CONVENTION at TIMARU

No. 1. Mrs. Chesswas and Mrs. Gardiner. That we deplore the ever-growing practice of Art Union tickets being sold by children, and urge that a Dominion-wide publicity campaign be instituted by the W.C.T.U. to inform parents and teachers that it is illegal for children to be given such tickets to sell. No. 2. Mrs. Chesswas and Miss Jamieson. That the attention of the Government be drawn to the Dominion-wide flaunting of the law with regard to the using of children for selling tickets for raffles, or other forms of gambling. No. 3. Mrs Chesswas and Mrs. Long. That W.C.T.U. numbers assist in making a special feature of Temperance Sunday each year by speakirfg where possible to Sunday Schools and Bible Classes and by arranging for Temperance Films to be shown. Carried with the recommendation that it be put into plans of work and Unions make a special effort to carry them out. No. 4. Mis. Chesswas and Mr>. Mountjoy and Young People's Fellowships. That Bible Class Unions he approached to include a Temperance talk or study on the programme for their rallies and/or camps, and show films when possible. No. 5. Mrs. Grigg and Gill. That owing to the prevalence of indecent assaults on women and children, we consider the punishment imposed according to law is inadequate and does not check such offences. Wc therefore ask that all such offenders when proved guilty, be subject to detention for a period long enough to enable medical and psychiatric treatment to be mavle effective. No. 6. Mrs. Mountjoy and Mrs. Long. That an Advisory Committee of two be appointed who would be nominated by the incoming President and confirmed by the Executive, the members chosen to have a seat in their own right at Convention.

I6th-22nd February,' 1949

No. 7. Mrs. Chesswas and Mrs. Long. That in view of the ignorance of the real nature and effects of alcoholic beverages on the human body and on the race, it be urged that in all schools and Church organisations an address or lesson on Scientific Temperance be given at least once a year by a medical man or other competent person. No. 8. Mrs. Chesswas and Miss McLay. That full enquiries be sought by Unions into regulations regarding consumption of alcoholic liquors by Pilot Officers. No. 9. Mrs. Chesswas and Miss . McLay. That this Convention urges the Minister to enquire what drinks will be provided for service men and women in camp during the Christmas and New Year activities, and requests that lie give the necessary authority for aerated drinks, soft cordials and pure fruit drinks to be provided for these occasions for those who would prefer them to alcoholic drinks, and the latter be provided only for those who make request for them. No. 10. Mrs. Chesswas and Mrs. Christian. That this Convention considers that, with regard to the drinking of alcoholic liquors at dances and in the vicinit) of dance halls* police ntpei vision is not vigilant enough, and many offenders are insolent and defiant, and therefore urges stricter police supervision, with prosecutions following each raid. No. 11. Mrs. Chesswas and Mrs. Gardiner. That the Rugby Union and all other sporting bodies of a similar nature be approached regarding the playing of games on Sundays. This Convention urges that such games should be played <>n days other than Sundays, as disregard of the sacredness of that day is detrimental to the oharacterbuilding of the young people of today. No. 12. Mrs. Chesswas and Mrs. Jamieson. That in view of many nAvspapcr advertisements of films .'blessing violence

and sex matters as inducements for viewing such films, this Convention "rges the Government to arrange for an adequate ccnsor'hip of film advertisements. No. 13. Mrs. Chesswas and Mrs. Knapp. That in order to offset the dangers associated with the enormous increase in wine production* in N.Z we urge the Goverment to utilise the Te Kauwhala experimental grape producing areas for the purpose of producing non-alcoholic fruit juices and health beverages. No. 14. Mrs Chesswas and Mrs. Toomer. That a letter he sent to the Minister of Education asking that the teaching concerning alcohol and its effects be made a compulsory subject under the heading “ Hygiene”