WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18380, 13 May 1925, Page 9

WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.

NEW ZEALAND'S EXAMPLE QUOTED. (by casis—rasas iMocuTwy-cogQHwrt (ACSTBUUS UtS HX. CUES ASSOCUgtHt) ■(Received May 12th, 7JSS pjft.) WASHINGTON, May IK

At tho International Council of Women, tho recent activities «f ttft Australian and New Zealand dcJogs&Wt included discussions relating to !**» affecting women and children, ia w&kk.. the Australian ptaetices woe <f«eto& aa an example; infant and maternal cats, in. which New Zealand was toting, and tree-planting eaapaipa to beautify cities, tho Australian *fttep» tion expressing tho opiaioa that tko natural beautificatioa of Wsaaiaftea conld be carried out at Canberra.

The New Zealand delegation eabM their condolences to Mrs Masacy.

The Council completed) its aetiom «w the disarmament resolution by adeftiag the second section calling the atttatio* of members to the Protocol .on tho nV jeet known as the Geneva Daft, draws up by the fifth Assembly of tho Lcags* of Nations.

Temporarily side-tracking fartlor resolutions from the Peace Ceauatttoe, the Council considered the report of the Educational Committee wale* urged National Councils to dev«*« **sfteM attention to educational condition* la regions where groups of difciwtt nationalities arc living togetaor, *»* that in schools in such districts of«iy aspect of culture and educatioa ia tho character and genius of each satfaa should bo represented."

Tho resolution provoked coasUfftaftSa discussion.

England, seconded by Australia fitttcd in an attempt to secure its wttfc- • drawal, and the motion wa* eurtai a* a viva voce vote. The meetings have aonelßdeA.