POSTS FOR WOMEN

Taranaki Daily News, 29 September 1930, Page 7

POSTS FOR WOMEN

IL CONSIDERATION OF POLICY. The appointment of women justices of the peace was advocated by the Leader of the Labour Party, Mr. H. E. Holland, while the Estimates of the Justice Department were under discussion in the House of Representatives on Friday. Mr. Holland said that women justices were absolutely essential, as there w'ere many eases before the courts in which women were concerned. He knew of several able women who could well be appointed. Just as a man should not be debarred from being appointed a justice on political or religious grounds, so a woman should not be prevented from holding office on account of her sex. Tho Minister of Justice, Hon. J. G. Cobbe, said he did not know that any definite policy had ben laid dovjn concerning the appointment of women. He would be pleased to consider appointing any women that members considered fit to* hold office in'-their districts, in any case. The whole question of the appointment of justices would be considered at the end of the session.