JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21100, 6 February 1932, Page 16

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

NINE WOMEN INCLUDED. FIRST MAORI APPOINTMENT. The unselfish devotion to the publicwelfare of a- number of women in the Auckland Province is officially recognised in the latest list, of appointments of justices of the peace. The names of nine women are included. The first Maori woman t<j be appointed is Mrs. Rewa Bennett, of Alma Street, Parnell, who, since Iter residence in Auckland for the past nine years, has devoted her time to the interests of the Maori people. Mrs. Bennett was born at Karetu, Bay of Islands, and is a member of the Northern Ngapuhi tribe. She has been a member of the Akarana Maori Women's Association for the past five years and was last year appointed its representative to watch the interests of Maori children ' in tlio Wolfare Court. Sho is also its delegato to the National Council of Women and its official visitor to the Auckland Public Hospital, where sho attends to the wants of tsick Maori women and children. Mrs. Bennett also takes an active interest in educational matters and is a member of tho Parnell School Committee for which sho acts as delegate to tho Primary School Committees' Association. 1 Tel* moro recent activities include a position on tho executive of the Auckland Unemployed Women's Emergency Relief Committee. Another newly-appointed justice of tho peace is Mrs. Alfred Kidd, founder and president of the Auckland Hospital' Auxiliary, and a member of tho Auckland Hospital Board for tho past seven years. She is president of the Auckland Trained Nurses' Association and Auckland representative on tho Nurses' Memorial Fund. She was honorary treasurer of tho Auckland provincial obstetric appeal fund, while her other activities includo membership of the Auckland Kindergarten Association and Auckland Unemployed Women's Emergency Relief Committee. Sho is also a delegato to the National Council of Women. Mrs. E. McNair has been associated for 20 years in the betterment of civic conditions and other branches of work in tho interests of women and children. During the war period she was a member of the Patriotic Association. Much of her time is given to the Girl Guide movement; she is a member of the provincial executive of tho Girl Guide Association and until recently was district commissioner for Epsom and Remuera. Another sphere of work in which she takes an activo interest is tho Mayoress* War Memorial Library League, of which she has been a member since its inception. Various important offices are also held by Mrs. McNair on the National Couucil of Women. .Mrs. Victor Macky is tho founder of the League of New Zealand Penwomen and is now its president. She was at one time a member of tho Dominion executive of the Girl Guides Association and still maintains a keen interest in the activities of that body.