NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 2, 1 March 1947, Page 6

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

Some Conference Remit* The following are W'.ong the laige numher of remit* to he consider-d at the Annual Conference of the N.C.W , at Timaru, in April

That death duty taxation should iak« into consideration the »/e of families a large family being at a disadvamagt with a small one.

(Note: The dut\ on an t/stan oi more than £At a > and less than fI.OOO was \% for a child. It there was mon than one child, each paid the share of the I n r < >ll an estate of £e>l .(HR *, a child would have to pay 1 h'4 in death duties.)

That the Government he asked to investigate the conditions under which loo<] is sold, and to tak*. steps to effect some measure of iiuprov einent under more hygienic conditions (Refers particularly to bread, u>*»t, cheese, ami cooked foods.)

That in siew ot the hardships o:i housewives, the N.C.W. appeal to the (>o\ eminent to bring about as earls as possible the debs cry of bread at the pie-v.ar rate of one halfpenny per loaf.

That in the cast of a person of fifty years and o\er. whose sole income is of ihc '‘unearned" class, and does not exceed £l3O per annum, such income he exempt from the payment of the Social and National Security tax. (Note: This applies more particular!) to single women who are, in many cases, in a worse financial position than those in receipt of a Social Security benefit.)

That pensions derived from any superannuation scheme he exempt from National and Social Security tax up to the same amount as is allowed to persons receiving the age benefit; if, £lO4 per annum for a single person, and LM)K for a married couple (Note: The superannuitant, after having made provision for his own pension, is very often in a worse financial position than those who have made no nrovision for themselves, by reason u» the fact that his pension is taxable, and that by contributing to a superannuation scheme, he has been unable to increase his savirgs.)

That the 33*4% excess tax or unearned income be removed (Note: This form of taxation t s to be deplored —discouraging, as it does, savings from wages and salaries, and the prudent investment of the «ame.)

That the appropriate authority be ipproac! ed with a view to bringing ai>out a considerable improvement in the type of plays that are broadcast by the X. 8.5., with particular reference to the elimination of the type oi murder trail, which is sordid, and unsavoury, has no moral, literary or

forensic merit whatever, ar.d must undoubtedly have an undesirable influence on impressionable young listeners. That a list of names and addresses of Justices of the Peace be placed in a prominent place* preferably the General Post Office (Note: People are often in urgent need oi Justices of the Peace for signatures, etc.; and have no knowledge of their whereabouts)