WOMEN'S DIVISIONS

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 3 November 1933, Page 10

WOMEN'S DIVISIONS

The quarterly meeting of the Waitemata provincial council of the women's division of the New Zealand Farmers' Union was held in the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Society's board room yesterday. The president, Mrs. Noel P. Adams, presided, and there were present 46 delegates representing 20 branches of the council. An apology was received from Mrs. M. G. Orr, vicepresident. Delegates were welcomed from the newly formed branches at Whangarata and Pukekohe. The general financial statement for the quarter was presented by the hon. secretary, Mrs. L. Wells, and a letter of thanks from the trustees of the sheep owners' acknowledgement of debt to British seamen fund was received. Mrs. Bryan, hon. housekeeping secretary, presented the financial statement for the quarter, which showed a balance of £31 10/ in hand. Of this amount, £10 7/ti has been contributed by branches as donations towards the council's new housekeeping fund, and the donation of a further £5 5/ from the Mangere branch was announced. Mrs. Bryan stated that five applications for housekeepers had been filled, and that a maternity nurse had also been supplied to ono branch. Very satisfactory arrangements have been made for the engagement of an emergency housekeeper in addition to 'the council's regular housekeeper, and a registered midwife is also open for engagement with the council on very satisfactory terms. The resignation of the hon. organiser, Mrs. L. L. Allen, was received with regret. Appreciation was expressed of Mrs. Allen's services to the council, and a hearty vote of thanks was carried with acclamation. It was resolved that Mrs. M. G. Orr should be asked to accept appointment as hon. organiser to the council. Twelve remits for submission by the council to the Dominion executive meeting to be held at Wauganui in January, were considered and passed by delegates. These covered a wide range and included remits designed to faciliate the working of the division welfare schemes, suggested improvements in general organisation, and three special remits embodying recommendations to Government Departments. Remits on external matters urged" that the emergency tax of 1/ in the pound should "bo lifted from boys employed on farms, who aro not eligible for unemployment relief, and are receiving 7/6 or less per week in addition to their board; that in view of the alarming increase in the number of railway level crossing fatalities the Government be urged to employ relief workers in constructing overhead bridges and subways; and that the Government be urged -to acquire or protect any well known track- of really typical native bush, notably in the Urewera country, and if necessary to offer other. Crown lands in exchange. Mrs. Shaw, of Taupaki, introduced a discussion on the proposed Dairy Regulations Bill, and it was resolved that this matter should be referred to the Farmers' Union for their consideration. It was arranged that a social afternoon should be held in February to celebrate the council's second anniversary.