WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21454, 30 March 1933, Page 10

WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL VARIETY OF REMITS ADOPTED [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] "WELLINGTON, Wednesday Tho conference of the National Council of Women was continued to-day. A New Plymouth remit urging tho Government to amend tho statute governing tho election of parents' representatives to tho boards of post-primary schools to sccuro cquitablo voting power to both parents if qualified, or tho guardian of every child, was deferred until the next conference. A remit from South Canterbury urging that tho Government bo asked to make provision for the employment of travelling teachers in those! districts where lowgrade schools have been closed was lost. A molion was carried as an amendment to a Wellington remit, "that the National Council of Women hereby agrees to tho nee'd for moro creative occupation for women patients, and desires to approach tho Health Department with a view to inquiring in what way tho Council of Women may be of assistance to tho staffs of mental hospitals." Remits were carried urging (1) tho extension of tho daylight saving period to April 30 each year; (2) that chemists bo not allowed to sell contraceptives to persons under .17; (3) the more se'vero punishment of motorists who, when to any degree under the inlluenco of alcohol, are responsible for accidents or death; (4) greater privacy in Courts where affiliation, matrimonial and maintenance cases aro lic'ard.

It was decided to urgo tlie Government to amend tho Cinematograph Films Act to givo exhibitors tlio to reject np to 20 per cent of tlio number of quota fdins. Other remits curried recommended the establishment of women police in New Zealand and urged that the Broadcasting Board bo asked to set aside a period each week during tho evening season for subjects other than domestic of interest to women.