WOMEN POLICE
ESTABLISHMENT URGED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Nov. 26. The establishment of a women’s police force in New Zealand is to be urged upon the Government by the Auckland branch of the League of Nations Uu ; on as the result of a motion by members at the annual meeting of the branch when emphasising the necessity for such a force. The mover, Mrs Moles worth, a member of the executive, alleged that in Auckland girls of 14 and 15 were being taken to houses of ill repute against their will, although proof of this could not be obtained. “In Auckland,” she said, ‘.‘there is a crying need for women police. We have heard much about drinking among young people, and although I try to be broad-minded on the matter I cannot help saying that this drinking by young people is dreadful and is bringing along with it social problems 1 hardly dare to speak about.” The motion was carried unanimously
after the chairman. (Mr M. Aldie), had said that, although lie was not sure such a motion was within the scope of the union, lie felt that the matter was of such urgency that it should not be overlooked.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 9
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200WOMEN POLICE Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 9
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