WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
FIRST DOMINION CONFERENCE
PROPOSED NAT lON AD FEDERATION. ' (press Association) WELLINGTON, pci. 1. Sonic eighty delegates from branches of the Now Zealand "Women’s Institutes met iliis morning for their first conference, Miss Jerome Spencer (Hawke's Bay) presiding. A number of resolutions relating to Institute concerns were dealt with and business continued till 3.30 o’clock, when a reception to Lady Bledisloe was held. The GovernorGeneral will address the conference to-morrow morning. . Mills Spencer in her remarks covered the development of women’s institutes in Now Zealand, where there arc now five federations. She specially mentioned the growth of the. movement 111 the Auckland and llawke’s Bay districts. A full discussion took place on all remits.
The most important resolution carried was that moved by Mrs. Irwin; on behalf of the Auckland provincial executive : “That , provincial federation executive eoi limit tees, in con-, junction with the committee of federated committees, draw up a scheme for a national federation to satisfy requirements on the simplest and most economic lines consistent with efficiency,' the details to- include a clear statement of the financial : responsibilities of •nstitutes' and provincial federations, this scheme to be submitted to provincial federations’ council meetings for approval or amendment,' and; if an amendment, it be circulated among ■ the institutes, and decided upon-by postal votes by a tlirce-fifths majority.’U
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11326, 2 October 1930, Page 5
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