THE SOCIAL QUESTION.
A STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER. ' [Pee. Press Association.] DUNEDIN, May 25. The Premier told a deputation from the Society for the Protection of Women and Children that he was firmly of opinion that our laws should be brought up-to-date in respect to the period during which informations "could be laid. He thought the period should be at least three months, as in England, and he would consider the propriety of making it even longer. In the meantime he was opposed to the deputation' 3 proposition that a girl on registering an illegitimate child suould state the name of the, father to .the Registrar, because some girls might use it as a means of revenge ; but- he thought a girl might disclose the name to the Registrar, leaving the latter, before putting the name on record, to call on the person named to meet the charge. tmmmm^ mmm^ m^ mmm^mm
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8325, 25 May 1905, Page 3
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