W.C.T.U. CONGRESS.
OPENED AT GISBORNE,
[ (3y Telegraph—Prm Amciation.) GISBORNE, Last Night. The W.C.T.U. Congress was opened this morning. The presidential address delivered by Mrs. Don, of Dunedin, referred to . tho growth of membership, and tho [ activity of the organisation. She dealt I with many topical subjects. The rage \ for amusement and pleasure showed j an increasing tendency, and week-end trips threaten to become a serious ' menace to the sanctity of the Lord's Day. Referring to picturo shows, she urged that a responsible body be created in New Zealand to supervise films. Many of the pictures now. shown were creating] an unwholesome appetite, leading to wholesale moral decrepitude. The State should imako provision for tho detention of mental defectives. It wan appalling to "think that girls who should be under restraint are mothers of children. One case was under notice last year of a defective who was tho mother of eight children, which were now supported by iSie State. She urged the conference to eontinuo to endeavour to eradicate the gambling evil
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 March 1914, Page 2
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