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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 271, 10 August 1920, Page 3

Women Teachers' Association. A meeting of the Women Teachers' Association _ was held in the Education Board's buildings last night. Mies N. Ji. Coad, M.A., presided. Among those who were present were' Dr. Wilkins (Director of Medical School Services), Dr. Ada Patcrson, and Dr. Eleanor Baker (m«dical examining officers of schools). Among the correspondence read to the meeting was the following intimation from the secretary to the Education Board:—"With reference to your letter of the 16th, I wish to say that the ruling of the Education Department regarding the payment of double bonus reads .is follows: 'Widowers and others with a child or children, or others entirely dependent on them, are to be paid at the rate of married officers, and in tins connection "entirely dependent" means that the father, widowed mother, sister or brother, as the case'may bo. has no income or means of support except that provided by _ the or old age pension or widows"' pension, and has no person who is liable to and able to maintain him or her.'" An interesting paper upon "Child Labour," in which comparisons were made between child labour in Great Britain and New Zealand with the accompanying conditions and evils, was read by Dr. Paterson. At its close the provisions of the present Infants Protection Act were read, together with a draft of the reforms which have been suggested by the Education Department. One point which met with the unanimous approval of the meeting wa9 that which proposed A limitation of the hours of child labour, and at the same time made pn> vision for continuous medical supervision of the children so long as they were engaged upon wage-earning work outside school hours. The following resolution was passed: "That this meeting of the Wellington Women Teachers' Association is strongly of opinion that no child under H years of age should be allowed to work more than two Knurs a day on any school day." A very hearty vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Paterson for her paper. ~