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British Commonwealth League S
Hon. Treasurer :
Mrs. Sadd BROWN
Hon. Political Secretary:
"To secure equality of liberties, status and opportunities between
men and women in the British Commonwealth of Nations."
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MISS COLLISSON, M.A., (Sydney)
Societies Affiliated.
Great Britain.
Association for Moral and
Social Hygiene.
Hendon Women Citizens'
Council.
National Council of Societies
for Equal Citizenship.
National Women Citizens'
Associations.
St. Joan's Social and
Political Alliance.
The Open Door Council. Women's Freedom League.
Australia.
Australian Federation of
Women Voters.
Feminist Club, Sydney. Queensland Women's
Electoral League.
United Associations, Sydney. Women's Non-Party Asso-
President:
MRS. CORBETT ASHBY.
Chairman, Hospitality Committee:
MRS. GUY INNES.
Vice-Presidents:
VISCOUNTESS ASTOR, M.P DR. MAUDE ROYDEN, C.H MISS HARRIET NEWCOMB MRS. RISCHBIETH, (Australia) MISS AMY KANE, (New Zealand) H.H. MAHARanee of CooCH Behar, (India)
The Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office,
S.7.1.
ciation of South Australia. Women's Service Guilds of
Western Australia.
Women' Non-Party
Association (Tasmania).
Canada.
Montreal Women's Club.
India.
Sir,
Hon. Gen. Secretary: MISS D. D. SOLOMON
Secretary:
MISS TODHUNTER
17, BUCKINGHAM STREET,
ADELPHI,
LONDON, W.C.2 (Three minutes from Charing Cross)
24th July 1934
33737/34 RECEIVED!
2 JUL 1934 C.
I have to acknowledge with thanks your letter of the 14th July.
The Pecretary of State for the Colonies is correct in assuming that the British Commonwealth League has informed itself of the efforts of the Government of Hong Kong and of official statements made by the Fome Government.
The matter has had the careful attention of the League for many years, and its members have sifted evidence re- ceived from a variety of sources with due regard to its reliability, and in relation to official statements.
The Resolution was consequently based on the sincere conviction that the efforts so far made are inadequate to deal the the situation, and the constructive side of the Resolution makes quite clear the further efforts which Women's Indian Associat. we believe to be necessary to secure the position referred
to in the last sentence of the Resolution.
New Zeal
The Pioneer Club (Wallington
British West Indies.
Bermuda Woman Sufrage
Society.
I beg to enclose the current issue of the "Slave Market News", in which the speech of the proposer of the resolution is quoted verbatim. This speech contains actual facts in regard to the general situation which cannot fail to serious misgivings as to the adequacy of the steps so far taken to abolish the Mui Tsai system in fact as opposed to abolition on paper or in theory.
I beg to remain,
Sir,
Yours faithfully,
M. Chave Collisson
Hon. Political Secretary.
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