PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 101, 29 April 1910, Page 8

PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

ANNUAL ME_TIN_ OF SUBSCRIBERS.

The _ixteenth annual mee—g of the Society lor the Protection of Women and Children and for the Preven'-on of Cruelty •to An——ls -was held yesterday afternoon in t—e —tuni-clpal Chambers, ■—.c chair being occupied by the Rev. W. Gray Di_o_, -1.-.., and a. fair number of members were present. The report, already published in these columns, was read by the honorary chief inspector (Mr. —. Wilding), and on his motion, seconded by 'Rabbi Goldstein, who comlplhnented' Mr. Wilding on the comprehensiveness of the report and on his energy generally in the interests of the Society, it was unanimously adopted. The balancesheet, read by the hon. treasurer (Rabbi Goldstein), showed the Society's finances to be In a fairly healthy state, a small credit standing at bank. Every farthing of the Society's money had been well expended he reminded members, but there was at command much less money than there should be in a city with the population that _uckland possessed. The membershin was much too small, and during the coming year he hoped that some organisation would be attempted in the direction of increasing the list of subscribers. Had it not been for the efforts of the "ladies committee last year, the total of £687 4/S of income would have been much less. He hoped that ne-t year it would he much. more, as the greatly increasing work of •the 'Society stood In nrgent need or it. The t>a—nce-sheet was adopted. Mr. Brook-eld moved— ''That the committee be asked to increase the salaries of the two paid officers the secretary, and inspector _ they could possibly see their _y so to do." The motion was carried. The chairman, in the course of a few remarks on the scope and aims -tie Skrcicty, said that he thought It mnst be ___& Cttfft the most serious blot on our modern civilisation was the decline, to family discipline and the we-ken-tg of family tie-.Unless this decadence to family Mc be replaced by a rettirn to more noble iA&to. •the nation must degenerate. By filial piety the harmony of the universe is maintained," said the great Chinese philosopher CoSucius Sometimes he (the speaker) had His doubts wheelier, by making woman a competitor .in the fields of labour with man they were not working insidiously to-war-s a weakening of the bands of society __dI fa_iilvl-e. Speaking of the effort, rf the Society, he thought it could,be con--ratulated upon the excellent work',- was upongthe diligence, and 2C „abbi 9 was' unanimously elected, president of the Society for the ensmns *£_? Mr Frank Bodlewas elected hqnq- ™™ treasurer. The vice-presidents, mem; bers of co-mittees, and other officers of the Society were re-elected. m.w.l 1-nnreciation was expressed by Rabbi -oWst-_ of the work performed toy the So-etyby its honorary soOcltors. Votes !f 0C hanks were also passed to *he members of the ladies' committee and all ouier helpers.