WOMEN'S NATIONAL COUNCIL
CANDIDATES' REPLIES.
The members of the Women's National Council met last night to consider the replies of local candidates to the questions sent out by the council. The questions were as follows: —
1. Would you be in favour of legislation restricting the horns of work and regulating the wages of school children who are employed before and after school hours?
2. Do you favour the establishment of compulsory continuation classes in daylight hours, for at least eight hours a week, for those children who leave school at 14 and who do not go to any other school?
3.- Would you advocate the extension of the school age to 16, with financial assistance to parents, where necessary?
4. Do you favour equality of treatment of girls in secondary schools with boys in secondary schools in the matter ;of buildings, grounds, and equipment?
5" Are. you in favour of appointing wOmen police and a woman inspector for women's prisons?
6. Would you do everything in your power to secure the early removal of the women's prison from Point Halswell, and the establishment of a prison run on up-to-date lines in the country, conveniently near a railway centre? 7. Will you do everything in your power to place the pensions of all widows who are in necessitous circumstances on an equality with those granted to epidemic widows, i.e., 25s for widows and 10s' 6d for each child?
Replies were received from 10 candidates, five of these being from Labour men. In. the replies the answer "yes" was given to all questions except those dealing with education. "On this matter the views of some candidates," it was stated at the meeting, "are not at all sound, since.they do not favour the extension of the system, for all children, after the age of 14." The council is of opinion that those candidates- who have not' sent1 replies either do not favour the council's platform, or else think that women's organisations can be safely ignored in an election campaign. •
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 139, 10 December 1919, Page 6
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