CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE.
DECISIONS OF CONVENTION. J! [by telegraph.-—pbess ',ASSOCIATION.J ' >? ~, ■■. ,"', INVERCARGILL. Monday. M J 1 The Women's Christian \.. Temperance Union Convention * decided to cable to -->0. Lady Astor congratulating ! her on being ||| the first woman to introduce a Bill into , the House of Commons and to thank her » ;i|j for her work on behalf of temperance. ' A resolution was passed '; ; asking the Government to strictly enforce the liquor restrictions in the King Country. 1 Strong comment ■*■ was f made regarding ii'|| the tendency to play games on r Sunday, and a motion was passed deploring thi/:} x c§i desecration of the Sabbath. ,- 'uj *■■//£ 1- ■A ; protest was : •.-.. made .against the lfM Government not removing thebar which prevents women from serving on juries, acting as Justices of the Peace and 1 police patrols. ;■ :.-.' ,'■(,■», ' :,.''«'ii : :i',*;Wi ~..<.. '.•.-.;. h o} \-M It ; was ; decided to approach the - next : '-;jjS conference of the British Medical : (k As- Vi sociation asking for an official pronounce- >\| ment regarding the ; effect* of alcohol on the human' race. , t , ,-,\ -1
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18347, 13 March 1923, Page 8
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