LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
SUPPORT BY WOMEN.
, OVERSEAS MESSAGES. .'. ; .'*.' .''.'■ i '■'.". - ■■■' ■■ ''" ' " •"':■' ': : ■''-"' : -:'- ".•!'■':•• h' ■-V:V'./'" ; J' During the sitting of the Dominion Conference of the National' Council of Women of New Zealand/' held :; in Auckland recently, .it was decided to ; cable.: to :Lady,: Aberdeen/ president of ;■: the \ International Council oil Women, a federation comprising the National Councils of Women \of ■? 36• nations, asking:- her to / send ajj special ? message for insertion in the booklet which, is being compiled in Auckland urging sup-' port of the League of Nations. ; Miss E. Melville, the Dominion, president, has received a cable from Lady Aberdeen :in reply,' covering ■ the ?special 'message;/ as fpi; :• lows:—" Triumph of principles of - League/ alone stands between the world and .ex-'; termination. We call on all; public-spirited ;'- citizens to support the Covenant. '. .», ■ The National Council of Women of , New :• Zealand has itself .issued a message to/ the women of the world, to be printed and circulated in the booklet, which /will/bo: sent to the president ahd. 1 other 'officers* of, the National Councils: of Women in every:• one/of j the 36 countries. The message is as ; follows " The National Council ot Women ■of New Zealand, in conference as ... sombled at' Auckland, New Zealand, Sep. terriber 18, * 1923, i most solemnly «urge their i i sister women in every country to use/their; utmost :strength ' and influence to induce\ their Governments, statesmen and citizens to support the League of Nations,': so that it may become the perfect instrument'■; for. the'ipreservatioh v. of y pea £■• among 1 the * nations; of the /earth. Women i; of the world : in / ■>. your, -/. hands ; : you ;,' hold, tho' destiny of mankind! Honour the trust V'M
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18520, 3 October 1923, Page 11
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274LEAGUE OF NATIONS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18520, 3 October 1923, Page 11
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