WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 May 1925, Page 5

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

AUSTRALIAN PROPOSALS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.). WASHINGTON, May 7. The Australian Delegation to the International Council for Women has cabled congratulations to the British House of Commons on its unanimous acceptance of the principle that women should have the right to retain or change their nationality en marriage. The delegation, moreover, expressed a desire to see that Australia will be the first Dominion to ‘follow this important vital step. Miss Board, who is a member of the Education Committee, is trying to obtain some definite opinion from the Council concerning the methods of dealing with abnormal and mentally deficient children. The Austratlian delegation is against a suggestion that the Council should advise women to enter the different political parties, because the International Council, being non-party and non-political should not offer any suggestion tending to help the party systems. It is probable that the Laws Committee will frame a resolution asking that the question concerning the nationality of married women be referred to the League of Nations, deeming the problem so important as to call for the opinion of eminent judicial authorities. ’ '<