PREYENTION OF CRUELTY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18709, 15 May 1924, Page 10

PREYENTION OF CRUELTY

ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY. i I-. :^Ch|e"comn!ut^ee of the Society for tie Protection of "Women and Children : and Prevention of; .Cruelty ,to Animals''met this week,, the £ev. P. ,S. J Smallfield pre- ' siding._, .;..-. «.;' : ;-:v, . :.'■'.■. i ■■■ The 'secretary ■ reported r that *18 fresh cases : had been < dealt with in the office, of ■ which 12 dealt} with ■ troubled betwewi husbands and -'■■:■ Wives, ; K four ") concerned children, one affiliation ; case and;;one general. z; Six cases had i been taken Ju to Court : and orders granted. The inspector for the women's a,nd ' children's branch reported having madte'62 visits in connection with: 18 cases.' 4 " - , V : ; The r inspector for 'the t animals department reported that ;-; he ;; had given ;20 cautions, / taken ;.: one case it.-toV. Court and destroyed eight animals ; humanely. The humane killers, ordered from England by the society—some : being for the City: Council—had come to hand. ••';; v) - \a A copy of a report submitted by the ladies' committee of the Young Citizens' League on- the over-crowding in schools, was received and endorsed. ; Miss Eendall and; Mr. £ W. Blackwell were elected life members." / ;