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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

The New Zealand Society For The Protection Of Women And Children, And Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals

The New Zealand Society For The Protection Of Women And Children, And Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals, 14 Palmerston Buildings, Auckland; his Excellency the Governor, Earl of Ranfurly, president; the Countess of Ranfurly, president of the Ladies' Committee; Miss Porter, secretary. The Society for the Protection of Women and Children was established in Auckland in 1893; in 1899 the branch for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated, and the society was registered accordingly. The objects of the society are to prosecute in cases of cruelty, wrong, outrage, or excessive violence to women; to give advice and aid to women who have been cruelly treated; to make provision for children when it is found that parents or guardians are unfit persons to have charge of them; to act as trustees and guardians of illegitimate children, and to receive and disburse money provided for the care and maintenance of such children, and to make provision for them; to agitate for the improvement of the statute page 195 laws, with a view to the more effectual protection of women and children; to prevent cruelty to animals by enforcing the existing laws, by procuring any further legislation that may be found expedient, and by exciting and sustaining an intelligent public opinion regarding man's duty to the lower animals. This society was the first formed in the colony for the protection of women and children, and similar societies have since been constituted in Wellington and Dunedin. A strong committee of the leading citizens of Auckland controls the affairs of the society, and the secretary is always pleased to impart information concerning its work.