NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN.

Otago Witness, Issue 3519, 23 August 1921, Page 22

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN.

The Dunedin branch of the National Council of Women held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, when there was a good attendance, Mrs Uarmait Jones (president) in the chair. As the agenda was a heavy one, a considerable amount of business was deferred to next month’s meeting, ii tie first item on the agenda was a letter from the secretary of ihe l’rovi.-i.mu! Commit-tee of the League of Nations' t’ui.u. asking for two repre.sonia'.ives fr an the National Council of Women. Mrs C.irinalt Jones and Mi? Leech were nominuiid to represent- the council. ’Three delegate- were elected for the forthcoming dominion conference. '; in- standing cinmit-tecs deal with specific interests, such as education, public health, legislation affecting women, emigration and immigration. The meeting considered various remits, including one relating to the unsatisfactory arran'-icnicnts for heating that even now cxi-u in some of tlie factories arid work- ; in this oiiy. This was passed on to id,, alliliaied - ■ nuies for their attention. ili.- Nat i■ 'U 1 1 Council of tli ■ \\ onion of ckrami:; si to an .appeal for help to l]io \,i • I (. mil of the Women of New Zc,da: d.