W.C.T.U. CONVENTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15249, 12 March 1913, Page 9

W.C.T.U. CONVENTION.

PROTEST AGAINST TOTALISATOR. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Nelson, Tuesday. The following resolution was passed at the W.C.T.U. Convention this morning: "That the convention heartily endorses the pledge-taking campaign of the Alliance, and urges upon ldcaf unions to' try and induce every voter to promise to withhold his vote from any candidate who will not undertake to remove or substantially reduce the three-fifths majority." Mrs. Sadlier addressed the convention on the Bible in Schools question, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded) her. It was resolved that steps bo taken to make illegal boys under 16 being employed by' racing clubs selling cards, tickets, etc., on the public streets or elsewhere; that the Government should be urged to take a referendum whether the totalisator should be retained or not; that the convention emphatically protests against the disabilities under which women at present suffer in the guardianship of children, ana calls upon Parliament to amend the law in tlie direction of giving women equal rights with men, especially in regard to religious instruction; that the convention protests against the retention of tho totalisator on the grounds (a) that it gives Government sanction to a vice which is disastrous to social life, (b) that it is inconsistent with numerous enactments against gambling in other forms, (c) that public revenue Is derived from a practice which all wise governments have found it necessary to suppress. " M—————jr.