W.C.T.U. CONVENTION.
CBy Telegraph.-— Press Association.)
INVERCARGILL, Monday. The convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was to-day visited by Mrs. Hobbs, _ white ribboner from Victoria, who had stated that the women of New Zealand had seriously retarded the attainment of the women's franchise in Victoria, on account of the way in which their votes had been cast against the liquor traffic. Resolutions were passed (a) expressing appreciation of the advanced and humane methods employed by the Minister for Justice, especially as exemplified in the new reformatory prison now, in course of erection in InveTca-rgi'l; (b) eurphasising the necessity of a police matron being appointed to all lock-ups whero women prisoners aie taken, sucli matrons to be available day and ni"ht; (c) calling attention to the necessity for separate lavatory accommodation for women on the Main Trunk rail-way, and (d*) the better protection of passengers upon all lines from the annoyance caused by drink and drunkenness.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 39, 15 February 1910, Page 6
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