THE W.C.T.U.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1919, Page 4

THE W.C.T.U.

FURTHER RESOLUTIONS. By Telegraph— Press Association. Napier, Last Night. At the W.C.T.U. convention the following resolutions were passed: That, it now being recognised that the State should provide for the maintenance of children who are deprived of their fathers, this convention, while resolutely standing for individual purity of life and absolute sacredness of the marriage tie, would ask that the claims of children of the unmarried mother may be recognised. This is asked (1) in the interests of the child, who, coming into the world with a stigma attached to its birth, has a claim on the State so that it may be enabled to become a useful citizen; and (2) in the interests of the mother, that in the struggle to regain her self-respect she may not bo handicapped by the difficulty of providing for herself and her child. That the Women's Christian Temperance Union of the Dominion press resolutely for the appointment of women police by sending resolutions to the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Police Department; by deputations as their legal and Parliamentary superintendent may advise; and, further, that every union be instructed to ask all Parliamentary candidates for their electorate at the coming election whether they support this demand. The following officers were elected: President, Mr. W. B. Don (Dunedin); con. secretary, Miss Henderson (Christchurch); roc. secretary, Mrs. W. A. Evans (Wellington); treasurer, lira. Bendely (Auckland). *