WOMEN’S INTERESTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26442, 22 April 1947, Page 8

WOMEN’S INTERESTS

THE LICENSING LAWS NATIONAL COUNCIL REMITS P.A. TIMARU, ApL 21. That this protests against the scandalous waste of barley in the brewing of beer in view .of the desperate need in many countries for all kinds of cereals, and asks the Government that rationing of beer should be imposed immediately as in Great Britain,” was a remit carried at the Dominion conference of the National Council of Women to-day. Christchurch remits—" That a protest be made to the, Government against any increase in the facilities for drinking alcoholic liquors through the opening of hotel bars after 6 p.m., by any increase in charters for clubs, any further licences to tourist hotels and any granting of charters for clubs in no-licence districts, or by sale of alcoholic liquors in restaurants or public works camps,” and “ That a protest be made against any proposal to mrease the intervals between licensing polls, to make necessary a 60 per cent majority for the carrying of prohibition, or to bring about corporate control of the liquor trade.” were also carried. . . . „_. . Another remit carried was: That this conference views with .concern the short sentences passed upon sexual perverts who have already served a term of detention and recommends that any person convicted of a sexual offence be examined by a medical board and if necessary be given a medical and psychiatric treatment and placed under medical supervision until, in the board’s opinion, such person can be discharged as cured.” Officers elected were: President, Mrs B Bates (Wanganui); secretary, Mrs E. J. Chesswas (Wanganui); treasurer, Mrs A. E. Gould (Wanganui); delegates to the National Council conference in Australia in October —Mrs W. Mackay (Christchurch), Misses M. G. Havelaar (Christchurch) and M. McLean (Christchurch)-; representative on the Government Advisory Council on Immigration, Miss E. Law (Christchurch). The next Dominion conference will be held at Auckland in September 1948.