PROTECTION SOCIETY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 193, 16 August 1922, Page 8

PROTECTION SOCIETY.

j At the monthly committee meeting of j the Xew Zealand Society for the Protcc- ; tion of Women nnd Children aud Preven- ! tion of ( ruelty to Animals, held on Monj day, ihe secretary reported .'l2 new cases lin the women's and children's departI ment. Of these 17 dealt with troubles beI twien husbands and wives, 0 concerned ) children, 2 aJiiliation cases, 7 general! I matters. The inspector in this depart- \ ment had visited several homes. The inspector I P.C.A. Department) reported that he hail (riven 25 cautions regarding animals cruelly used or neglected. I A legacy of l2"> left to the society by ■ the will of the late Mr. (has. Farnsworth uu> gratefully acknowledged. A vote of sympathy was passed with the widow of the late Mr. Win. Thorne, who rlird recently, he having been a good ! friend to the sooietv. and for mailv years : one of the linn, solicitors. The ladies' committee handed over the : sum nf £107, being net proceeds of the concerl latrly held in the Town Hall by the Bohemian Orchcnra for the benefit of tho society's fund-. It was resolved tn send a letter of thanks to Mr. H.. • Hemiis. eh.iirnmn of tbe orchestra, ask- ' I inn him also to convey thanks to Mr.j : j Muston, the enndu'tnr, and the artists. 1 The society thanked Mr. A. .1. Tlutchin- : i son for bi-i kindness in regard to the ! advertising. ' I A letter received from the city engineer advised that the Council had decided Jto provide a lethal chamber to aeeommo- : date larp.-r do?s. and carbon-monoxide j gas would be need as the killing agent ' instead of coal uas. A plan of the chamber was enclosed. Tt was resolved : to reply, expressing the society's gratifi- ' cation at this improvement. I '